Cades, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Cades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29518. The Survey maps it on the Lake City West quadrangle. It stands 69 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1946 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Lake City West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
434 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 434 fires within 5 miles of Cades between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,531 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 126 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/undetermined | 145 |
| Debris and open burning | 137 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 126 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | GAUSETOWN |
| 25 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cades in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Cades | $72,000 | no account filed |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Cades | $30,000 | Portions of Cade Road were reported flooded. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Cades | $15,000 | Portions of Dewey Cox Road were reported flooded. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cades | $5,000 | no account filed |
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cades | $3,000 | Cooperative observer reported large tree limbs down causing roof damage. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cades | $2,000 | Two large trees were reportedly blocking the roadway along Cade Road. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cades | $2,000 | Two trees were reported down at the intersection of White Oak Road and Cade Road. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Cades | $500 | Hail to the size of quarters was reported. |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cades | $300 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cades | - | Large hardwood limbs blown down. |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Cades | - | A trained spotter reported 1.51 inches of rain in 15 minutes, with minor road and yard flooding. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Cades | - | Hail to the size of nickels was reported. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Cades | - | Penny size hail was reported. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Cades | - | Hail, ranging from nickel to golf ball size covered the ground near Cades. Quarter size hail fell in Hebron, with heavy crop damage reported, damage amount unknown. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Cades | - | Golfball size hail was reported in Hebron, with penny size hail in Cades. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cades | - | Trees down. Hail was also reported...but size unknown. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cades | - | A storm survey estimated wind gusts near 65 mph in the vicinity of Ropers Crossroads with trees down. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cades | - | A spotter reported trees down. Quarter size hail was also reported. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cades | - | Spotter reported two large trees down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cades | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Cades | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Lightning | Cades | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks Crossroads | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hogeye Crossroads | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Brockington | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Baker Crossroads | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Moore Crossroads | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Hebron Crossroads | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Terrell Crossroad | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Fowler | 7.4 miles | 8 |
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 Cades | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5016398 | The 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 1247081. 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.
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.





