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Congaree, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Hopkins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29044. The Survey maps it on the Congaree quadrangle.

Congaree within Richland County

On record in Congaree

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Gervais Street Bridge, Gervais Street spanning Congaree River, Columbia, Richland County, SC
Gervais Street Bridge, Gervais Street spanning Congaree River, Columbia, Richland County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

298 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of Congaree between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,256 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 36 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
Debris and open burning99
Arson/incendiarism36
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Other causes2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2012Other causesunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Congaree: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium. 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
Myers CreekIron, Thorium, Zirconium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial

Every working recorded in Richland County

Storms near this place

7 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Congaree in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCongaree-SC Department of Public Safety reported trees down on Congaree Road near the intersection of Old Ferry Road. Time estimated by radar.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCongaree-SCHP reported a tree down along Clarkson Rd at North Line Rd.
August 2024Flash FloodCongaree-SCHP reported flooding along Cabin Creek Road at Gillwood Drive.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCongaree-SCHP reported trees down at Meeting House Rd and Clarkson Rd. Time estimated.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCongaree-Richland Co Emergency Manager reported a tree in the roadway along Clarkson Rd near Hopkins. Exact location and time estimated.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindCongaree-Utility company reported trees and powerlines down.
May 2000HailCongaree-Park Ranger reported 1 inch hail at the Congaree National Swamp.

Every storm recorded in Richland 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
Weston2.5 miles18
Bruner2.7 miles17
Pinewood3.5 miles17
Horrel Hill4.1 miles17
Hopkins4.3 miles17
Gadsden4.3 miles18
San Marco Estates5.7 miles17
Eastover5.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1245709. 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.