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Dalzell, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Shaw AFB-Horatio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29040. The Survey maps it on the Dalzell quadrangle. 3,175 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 217 feet above sea level.

Dalzell within Sumter County

On record in Dalzell

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

Population over time

3 figures

Dalzell grew from 2,260 to 3,175 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20002,260
20103,059+799 (+35%)
20203,175+116 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

331 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 331 fires within 5 miles of Dalzell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,681 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 23 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
Debris and open burning168
Missing data/not specified/undetermined96
Arson/incendiarism23
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural6
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

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
8 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning40 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2009Debris and open burning6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Natural2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2007Debris and open burning15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter 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 Dalzell: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Smg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sumter County

Storms near this place

26 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dalzell in 26 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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
April 2011HailDalzell$40,000Golfball size hail reported in Dalzell - relayed by COCORAHS observer.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindDalzell$12,000Trees down between Sumter and Rembert at Catchall Rd. and SC 261 and also at Furman Field Rd. and US 521.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindDalzell$10,000Public and Emergency Manager reported numerous trees down around the Dalzell area. The Public reported 47 trees either downed or leaning over in the Kel Sam Farms Subdivision in Dalzell.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDalzell$10,000Sheriff and public reported trees down across western Sumter county from Cherryvale area to the Privateer area.
March 2023Flash FloodDalzell$5,000Sumter Co EM provided reports and photos of flooded and impassable roads along Thomas Sumter Hwy (US Hwy 521) from Frierson Rd to Kel-Sam Rd near Dalzell. Times estimated.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindDalzell$4,000Highway Patrol reported trees down near the intersection of Seymour Road and Sargent Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDalzell$4,000Highway Patrol reported trees down at Furman Field road and Hwy 441.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindDalzell$4,000Black River Electric Coop reported trees and powerlines down on Catchall road near Dalzell.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindDalzell$1,000Black River Electric Coop reported trees and powerlines down on Shakemia road just off hwy 441 north of Shaw AFB.
April 2023HailDalzell$100Public report of pea size hail in Dalzell, that lasted about 10 minutes.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindDalzell-Sumter sheriff office reported trees down in Dalzell area. Time estimated by radar.
June 2025Flash FloodDalzell-Sumter Fire reported water over the roadway on Camden Highway at Valencia Drive.
March 2023Heavy RainDalzell-A CoCoRaHS observer reported a 24 hour rainfall amount of 5.95 inches about 2 miles SW of Dalzell. Most of this rain fell late in the night of March 26th through the early morning hours of March 27th.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindDalzell-Dispatchers reported a tree down near Fireson Road and Charles Jackson Street.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindDalzell-Tree down on Peach Orchard Rd and Seymour Dr, north of Shaw AFB. Time estimated.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindDalzell-SCHP reported tree in roadway on Peach Orchard Rd at Commonwealth Ct. Time estimated.
March 2018Thunderstorm WindDalzell-Social media report of a tree down on Sargent Rd at Estella Rd near Dalzell.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindDalzell-SCHP reported trees in roadway at Dodgen Hill Rd at Peach Orchard Rd. Time estimated.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindDalzell-SC Highway Patrol reported trees down at Hwy 441 and Shakemia Rd.
April 2017HailDalzell-Half dollar size hail photographed near Dalzell.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindDalzell-Trees down along Black River Rd. A downed tree was blocking Crestview Rd near Black River Rd. A power line was down near Dorsey Dr.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDalzell-Public reported large limbs down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindDalzell-Post Office reported large branches down around the area.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindDalzell-Shaw AFB employees reported trees down in Dalzell.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindDalzell-Utility company reported a few trees and powerlines down from Dalzell to the Municipal Airport.
April 1999HailDalzell-Sheriff reported nickel size hail.

Every storm recorded in Sumter 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
Pecan Acres1.2 miles16
Swinton1.9 miles17
Hillcrest2.2 miles16
Gaillard Crossroads2.3 miles16
Brent3.2 miles16
Home Acres3.2 miles17
Catchall3.2 miles16
Shaw Heights3.6 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.

Wikipedia article on DalzellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1988919The 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 1221916. 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.