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Cayce, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the West Columbia-Cayce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29033. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Columbia quadrangle. 13,781 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 240 feet above sea level.

Cayce within Lexington County

On record in Cayce

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 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Cayce grew from 12,528 to 13,781 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
201012,528
202013,781+1,253 (+10%)

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

272 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 272 fires within 5 miles of Cayce between 1992 and 2020, burning about 540 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined129
Misuse of fire by a minor50
Debris and open burning25
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use16
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking9
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lexington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Cayce: 10 producers, 9 past producers, 6 unknowns. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cayce QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cayce Silica PlantSilicaUnknown
Congaree RiverZirconium, Thorium, Titanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Green HoleStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, GranitePast ProducerIgneous
Guignard MillClay, KaolinPast Producer
Westinghouse Elec. Corp--ColumbiaThoriumUnknown
Cayce QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1893
Columbia QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1883
Duncan Lakes MineClayProducer
Laborde PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Lexington County

Storms near this place

20 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cayce in 20 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
May 2014Thunderstorm WindCayce$24,000Several TV stations reported multiple trees down on Sandy lane in Cayce. One fell on a home causing damage.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindCayce$18,000TV station reported a large tree down on a car in the Edenwood neighborhood of Cayce.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindCayce$7,500Social media report with photos and video showing a commercial garage door to a warehouse failing and collapsing inward. Based on analysis of the video, and input from wind damage researchers, the peak wind gust was estimated to be around 45 knots.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindCayce$6,000Sheriff reported several trees down on Cayce Riverwalk closing the walk.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindCayce$2,000Sheriff reported trees down at Indigo Ave. and 9th St.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCayce$2,000NWS employee reported trees down along I-26 near mile marker 116.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindCayce-NWS employee estimated winds gusting to 60mph in a downburst near Airport Blvd and I-26.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCayce-Public reported trees down on Platt Springs road and Taylor street.
June 2008HailCayce-Police reported quarter size hail near hwy 321 and I-26.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCayce-NWS employee found many large trees down on hwy 1 and a very large sign blow down on I-26 between hwy 1 and hwy 378.
June 2007HailCayce-DOD weather observation reported 1 inch hail.
July 2007HailCayce-Public reported quarter size hail.
July 2005Flash FloodCayce-Police reported 1-2 ft of water flooding several roads which were closed to traffic.
July 2005HailCayce-Public reported 3/4 inch hail.
August 2003Flash FloodCayce-Several roads flooded and closed in the Lloyd Woods subdivision. Hwy 321 near Busbee road closed with several vehicles submerged. Water also got into some businesses.
May 2002HailCayce-WIS TV reported quarter size hail in Cayce.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindCayce-Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down in Cayce and Pinegrove.
April 1998HailCayce-Spotter reports 1inch hail in Cayce.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindCayce-Weather observer reports power outage due to trees taking down powerlines.
November 1995Tornado (F0)Cayce-Tornado caused damage to a couple of homes and businesses. Trees were knocked down.

Every storm recorded in Lexington 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
Brookwood0.9 miles13
Edenwood1.1 miles13
Westwood1.2 miles13
Shadblow1.6 miles13
Parkway Place1.7 miles13
Kinsler1.7 miles13
River Bluff Estates1.8 miles13
Springdale1.9 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 CayceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2130302The 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 1247197. 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.