Cane Savannah, South Carolina
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Shaw AFB-Horatio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29154. It stands on Hatchet Camp Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sumter West quadrangle. 1,335 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 180 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresCane Savannah fell from 1,452 to 1,335 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,452 | |
| 2010 | 1,117 | -335 (-23%) |
| 2020 | 1,335 | +218 (+20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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 Sumter quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sumter West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Sumter West quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
420 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 420 fires within 5 miles of Cane Savannah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,019 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 63 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 burning | 192 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 63 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2014 | Other causes | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cane Savannah: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H M Mclaurin Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Sumter Asphalt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cane Savannah in 13 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cane Savannah | $5,000 | A trained spotter reported numerous roof tiles blown off a home's roof on Trailwood Dr. A rotted tree trunk fell on a chain link fence, damaging a small section of the fence, at another home on Trailwood Dr. Another nearby home had a small metal gazebo blown over and damaged. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cane Savannah | $4,000 | Highway Patrol reoprted trees down along Eagle Road in the Cane Savannah Community. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Cane Savannah | $500 | Flooding on Trailwood Dr. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Cane Savannah | $500 | Roadway and yard flooding reported in the Idlewild subdivision. Exact locations not provided. Times estimated. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cane Savannah | - | Trees reported down on McRays Mill Rd and Pitts Rd. Time estimated. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Cane Savannah | - | CoCoRaHS observer reported a total of 4.71 inches of rain in the 24 hour period ending around 0700 EDT (0600 EST). Most of this rain fell in thunderstorm activity during the late night hours of 8/12. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cane Savannah | - | SCHP reported trees down on the roadway on Loring Mill Rd at Wise Dr. Time estimated. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Cane Savannah | - | Public reported quarter size hail and estimated 50 MPH wind gusts on Ridgehill Dr. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cane Savannah | - | Sumter Co dispatch reported a tree down on Hidden Bay Dr. Time estimated based on radar. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cane Savannah | - | SC DOT reported trees down on St. Pauls Church Road. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cane Savannah | - | Reported numerous trees down near the intersection of Wedgefield Road and Cane Savannah Road. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Cane Savannah | - | Spotter reported quarter to half dollar size hail along with estimated wind gusts of 60mph in the Twin Lakes neighborhood southwest of Sumter. The hail covered the ground. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Cane Savannah | - | Public reported large hail up to quarter size in the Cane Savannah Community of Sumter 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Acres | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Summer View | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Bay Springs | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Rainbow Falls | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Oak Haven Acres | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Winter Park | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Avondale | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Twin Lakes | 2.5 miles | 17 |
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 Cane Savannah | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2069282 | 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 1227874. 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.










