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Coosawhatchie, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Ridgeland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29912. It stands on Little Bees Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coosawhatchie quadrangle.

Coosawhatchie within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

292 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 292 fires within 5 miles of Coosawhatchie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,390 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 68 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/undetermined103
Debris and open burning88
Arson/incendiarism68
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Natural4
Other causes1
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
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Storms near this place

14 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coosawhatchie in 14 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
March 2008Thunderstorm WindCoosawhatchie$1,500The Jasper County Warning Point reported trees down along I-95 at exit 28 near Coosawhatchie, South Carolina.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindCoosawhatchie$1,500A few Trees were reported down at the 26 mile marker of Northbound Interstate 26.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCoosawhatchie$1,000The South Carolina Department of Highways reported a tree down near mile marker 26 north bound on Interstate 95.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCoosawhatchie-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Coosaw Scenic Drive.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCoosawhatchie-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down along Interstate 95 near mile marker 28.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCoosawhatchie-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Coosaw Scenic Drive.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCoosawhatchie-Law enforcement reported a tree down on Coosaw Scenic Drive.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCoosawhatchie-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindCoosawhatchie-The Jasper County 911 Call Center reported two trees down along Interstate 95 at mile marker 26 and 33.
August 2012HailCoosawhatchie-Law enforcement officer reported quarter sized hail on Interstate 95 near mile marker 28.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindCoosawhatchie-Several trees and large limbs were down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCoosawhatchie-Trees and large limbs were knocked down.
May 2004HailCoosawhatchie-no account filed
April 1999HailCoosawhatchie-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jasper 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
Gilmania1.8 miles19
Bashan2.8 miles19
Gillisonville4.3 miles16
Kress4.4 miles19
Pocotaligo4.8 miles19
Ricetown5.4 miles19
Knowles6.6 miles19
Possum Corner7.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1221749. 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.

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.