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Cameron, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Cameron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29030. It stands on Bay Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cameron quadrangle. 376 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 179 feet above sea level.

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Cameron within Calhoun County

On record in Cameron

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Cameron fell from 424 to 376 between 2010 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
2010424
2020376-48 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

198 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Cameron between 1992 and 2020, burning about 555 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning106
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Equipment and vehicle use19
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
3 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2018Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Natural3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun 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 Cameron: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Jamison Clay MineClayProducerSedimentary
Jamison Clay PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

26 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cameron in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 5 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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
November 2011Thunderstorm WindCameron$80,000Storm survey found significant damage to Browns Chapel Church. The steeple was blown off, several windows were blown out from the wind getting in on the southwest side, and several trees were down. Shingles, facia, and soffett were also torn off.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCameron$24,000EM's reported many trees down along with powerlines between Cameron and Elloree. Structural damage also occurred to several out buildings.
June 2012Tornado (EF0)Cameron$16,000SCEG reported several trees and powerlines down from a weak tornado near Cameron.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCameron$14,000EM reported multiple trees and utility poles and lines down in Cameron.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindCameron$8,000Highway Patrol reported trees down near the intersection of Hwy 176 and St. John Road.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindCameron$6,000Dispatch reported trees down on Cameron Road at U.S. 176.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCameron$6,000Highway Patrol reported trees down on Winding Brook Drive.
September 2024Tornado (EF0)Cameron-A long track EF-1 tornado from an outer band of Tropical Storm Helene began in eastern Orangeburg County and crossed into western Calhoun county north of Cameron Rd, just southwest of Cameron. While EF-1 damage was observed in Orangeburg County, EF-0 tree damage was observed in Calhoun County along Hwy 176. The tornado lifted along Highway 176 near Big Beaver Creek.
April 2020Tornado (EF1)Cameron-The tornado touched down in Orangeburg Co SC, where it was rated as EF-2. The tornado crossed into Calhoun Co near Four Holes Rd and moved to the northeast and dissipated near Old State Rd and Houcks Gin Rd. In Calhoun Co, the tornado was rated EF-1, knocking down numerous trees.
April 2019Tornado (EF1)Cameron-An EF-1 tornado touched down in Orangeburg Co SC around 1401 EDT (1301 EST) near the intersection of Old Elloree Rd and Odell Dr. The tornado then moved quickly to the north-northeast for nearly 8 miles, moving into Calhoun Co SC around 1407 EDT (1307 EST) near Church Camp Rd and Moorer Rd. The tornado continued to the NNE crossing Belleville Rd and then lifted around 1409 EDT (1309 EST) before reaching US Hwy 176. ||The tornado did considerable damage, snapping and uprooting a large number of hardwood and softwood trees along its path. Walls collapsed on a cinder block garage, with the metal roofing tossed across the roadway, on Moorer Rd.
July 2018Heavy RainCameron-Public measured 4.94 inches of rain at Houck Farm near Cameron.
May 2018Tornado (EF0)Cameron-A National Weather Service storm survey team determined that a tornado touched down near the Cameron Community Center on Saint John Road and traveled north-northeastward for 0.3 miles before lifting. Damage included uplifted trees, damage to the community center roof and garage door, a roof torn off of a baseball dugout, metal roofing ripped from Saint John Baptist Church, and damage to fencing and signs. Damage was consistent with an EF-0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 80 mph.
June 2015HailCameron-SKYWARN spotter reported 1 inch hail.
June 2008HailCameron-Corner Pantry reported penny size hail.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindCameron-Sheriff reported trees down on hwy 176.
August 2007HailCameron-Public reported golf ball size hail.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCameron-Public reported several trees down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCameron-Sheriff reported some trees down on Hwy 176.
July 2004HailCameron-Cameron Post Office reported penny size hail around the area.
February 2003Thunderstorm WindCameron-EOC reported trees down.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindCameron-Sheriff reported a couple of trees down at Stumphole and TV roads.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindCameron-City hall reported a few trees down in and around Cameron.
June 1999HailCameron-General public reported 3/4 inch hail.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCameron-Fire Dept. reported trees down on highway 176.
June 1998HailCameron-Sheriff reported golf ball size hail on highway 176.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindCameron-Microburst did significant damage to homes. Numerous trees and power lines down. Classical fan shape debris patter.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Creston4.5 miles13
Midway5.2 miles13
Tina6.3 miles13
Riley6.4 miles13
Wertz Crossroads6.9 miles13
Lone Star8.1 miles13
Saint Matthews8.1 miles13
Singleton9.3 miles13

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 CameronAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2660978The 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 1247115. 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.