Coosaw, South Carolina
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Sheldon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29940. It stands on Huspa Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sheldon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1918 USGS Yemassee quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Yemassee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Sheldon quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
398 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 398 fires within 5 miles of Coosaw between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,719 acres in total. None started naturally. 138 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 | 146 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 138 |
| Debris and open burning | 103 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Coosaw: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coosawhatchee Region Deposits | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1963 |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coosaw in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coosaw | $15,000 | Beaufort County Emergency Management reported a tree down on a house on Fieldfare Way. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coosaw | $2,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down in Seabrook and Grays Hill. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coosaw | - | Beaufort County dispatch reported a tree limb down on a power line in the 1900 block of Trask Parkway. The downed power line eventually started a fire on the tree. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coosaw | - | An emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of Paige Point Road and Paige Port Landing. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coosaw | - | Beaufort County Emergency Management conducted a storm survey and found that a thunderstorm downburst occurred along Seabook Road near Highway 21. Ten large water oaks were blown over or snapped off on Seabrook Road. Another tree was blown down on Highway 21 near Stuart Point Road. The magnitude and extent of the damage was consistent with straight line winds estimated to be around 70 miles per hour. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seabrook | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Lobeco | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Fairview | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Gardens Corner | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Grays Hill | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Sheldon | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Dale | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Briars | 4.7 miles | 18 |
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 Q122567463 | 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 1227887. 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.









