BlockBefore

Blenheim, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Blenheim census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29516. The Survey maps it on the Bennettsville South quadrangle. 115 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 118 feet above sea level.

Blenheim within Marlboro County

Population over time

3 figures

Blenheim fell from 137 to 115 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2000137
2010154+17 (+12%)
2020115-39 (-25%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

288 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 288 fires within 5 miles of Blenheim between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,468 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 85 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined90
Arson/incendiarism85
Debris and open burning81
Equipment and vehicle use20
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural4
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marlboro County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Blenheim: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blenhein Block Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Brownsville MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Marlboro County

Storms near this place

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blenheim in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2018Flash FloodBlenheim$10,000Main Street in Blenheim closed due to flooding.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindBlenheim$5,000no account filed
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBlenheim$4,000Trees were reportedly down near the intersection of Odom Lane and Blenheim Highway. The time was estimated based on radar data.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBlenheim$4,000Trees were reportedly down along Highway 381 between Clio and Blenheim. The time was estimated based on radar data.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindBlenheim$1,000A tree was blown down on Zion Rd and Marlboro Way.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindBlenheim$1,000A large tree was blown down along Firetower Rd.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindBlenheim$1,000A tree was reported down in roadway at Highway 381 just to the west of Driggers Chapel Rd.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBlenheim$1,000A tree was reported down on the roadway. The time was estimated based on radar data.
May 2012HailBlenheim$1,000Hail described as slightly larger than a quarter was reported. The hail lasted for about 10 minutes.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindBlenheim-Tree down at Gravel Pit Road and Johns Road near Blenheim.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBlenheim-A tree was down on a house in Blenheim.
March 2008HailBlenheim-Scattered reports of dime to quarter size hail.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBlenheim-Trees down.
September 2004Tornado (F0)Blenheim-A tornado touched down in a parking lot with no damage.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindBlenheim-Law enforcement reported numerous trees down.
June 2000HailBlenheim-Ham radio operator received report of dime size hail just east of the Darlington county line.
August 2000HailBlenheim-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindBlenheim-no account filed
May 1996HailBlenheim-no account filed
March 1996HailBlenheim-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marlboro County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Parnassus1.4 miles8
Argyle2.2 miles8
Monroe Crossroads2.4 miles8
Scott2.7 miles8
Drake2.7 miles8
Salem2.9 miles8
Genoa3.8 miles8
Five Forks4.1 miles8

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on BlenheimAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1978999The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1246916. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.