Cheddar, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Williamston-Pelzer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29627. The Survey maps it on the Belton East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Williamston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Belton East quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Cheddar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 303 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | ELLISON HAY FIELD |
| 1 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cheddar: 3 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D J Tucker Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Patton Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Cooper Sand Co. Piedmont Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Delzer Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Piedmont Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
12 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cheddar in 12 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cheddar | $10,000 | County comms reported a tree blown and blocking Hampton Rd and a tree down on a house Keone Circle. More than a half dozen trees were down on roads closer to Anderson. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cheddar | $5,000 | Public reported part of the metal roof removed from a warehouse type building and a metal storage container blown over at a flea market on Highway 29. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cheddar | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down along highway 29. One tree caused minor damage to a home. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Cheddar | - | Public reported nickel size hail on Valley Oak Dr. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Cheddar | - | Public reported (via Social Media) quarter size hail in the Williamston area. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cheddar | - | County comms reported several trees blown down near Williamston. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cheddar | - | NWS employee reported two trees blown down and blocking one lane of Midway Road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cheddar | - | Highway Patrol reported trees blown down along Highway 20, including at Harper St, at Youth Center Rd, and on Garren Rd. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cheddar | - | FD reported a few trees blown down. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cheddar | - | EM reported a van and travel trailer were blown off the road on Highway 81. There were also a few trees blown down in the area. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cheddar | - | County comms reported a tree blown down on Big Creek Rd and Garren Rd. Highway Patrol reported another tree down at Mize Rd and Hammond Rd. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cheddar | - | Trees were blown down near mile marker 26 on Interstate 85. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamston | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Belton | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Toney Creek | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| West Pelzer | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Pelzer | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Hampton Acres | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Pinecrest | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Campbell | 5.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q122541522 | 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 1221531. 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.





