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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.

Cheddar within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

99 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined43
Debris and open burning29
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry CommissionELLISON HAY FIELD
1 September 1998Debris and open burning6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
D J Tucker DepositMicaOccurrence
Patton MineMicaPast Producer
Cooper Sand Co. Piedmont MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Delzer DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Piedmont MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Anderson County

Storms near this place

12 since 2009

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCheddar$10,000County 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 2017Thunderstorm WindCheddar$5,000Public 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 2009Thunderstorm WindCheddar$1,000Several trees were blown down along highway 29. One tree caused minor damage to a home.
May 2025HailCheddar-Public reported nickel size hail on Valley Oak Dr.
June 2023HailCheddar-Public reported (via Social Media) quarter size hail in the Williamston area.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCheddar-County comms reported several trees blown down near Williamston.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCheddar-NWS employee reported two trees blown down and blocking one lane of Midway Road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCheddar-Highway Patrol reported trees blown down along Highway 20, including at Harper St, at Youth Center Rd, and on Garren Rd.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindCheddar-FD reported a few trees blown down.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindCheddar-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 2016Thunderstorm WindCheddar-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 2010Thunderstorm WindCheddar-Trees were blown down near mile marker 26 on Interstate 85.

Every storm recorded in Anderson 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
Williamston2.9 miles9
Belton3.8 miles9
Toney Creek4.2 miles9
West Pelzer4.8 miles10
Pelzer4.9 miles10
Hampton Acres5.3 miles17
Pinecrest5.6 miles17
Campbell5.7 miles17

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 Q122541522The 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.