Davis Station, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Manning census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29148. The Survey maps it on the Summerton quadrangle. It stands 141 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Summerton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Summerton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
708 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 708 fires within 5 miles of Davis Station between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,652 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 154 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 | 291 |
| Debris and open burning | 225 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 154 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Davis Station in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davis Station | $3,000 | Public reported trees down on Williamson Brunson Road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davis Station | - | Clarendon dispatch reported trees and powerlines down on the road on Bill Davis Rd. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davis Station | - | Spotter reported 2 trees down on his property on Furman Rd. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Davis Station | - | Public reported quarter size hail on Williamson Brunson Road. |
| March 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Davis Station | - | Two veteran spotters photographed and video taped the tornado as it touched down in the woods off of Bill Davis road and traveled northeast just east of Davis Station. Numerous trees were down but there was no structural damage as no homes or buildings were in its path. Photo coutesy of Gerard V. Jebaily, KI4LJT. |
| October 2003 | Hail | Davis Station | - | Santee National Wildlife Refuge reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davis Station | - | Minor damage to a couple of buildings. Trees were knocked down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyboo Plantation | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Jordan | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| James Crossroads | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Rodgers | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| White Oak | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Halleytown | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Juneville | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Bonanza (historical) | 4.1 miles | 17 |
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 Davis Station | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988774 | 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 1231214. 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.








