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Denmark, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Denmark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29042. The Survey maps it on the Denmark quadrangle. 3,186 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 240 feet above sea level.

Denmark within Bamberg County

On record in Denmark

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Denmark fell from 3,538 to 3,186 between 2010 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
20103,538
20203,186-352 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Denmark between 1992 and 2020, burning about 564 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 17 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 burning66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined52
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
30 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2000Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bamberg County

Storms near this place

39 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Denmark in 39 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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 2010Thunderstorm WindDenmark$18,000Sheriff reported many trees down from Denmark to Bamberg.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindDenmark$6,000Dispatch reported trees down across the railroad tracks on Charleston Augusta Roan and Carolina Hwy.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindDenmark$3,000Highway Patrol reported trees down along Hwy 321.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindDenmark$2,000Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down on Butler Street in Denmark. Penny size hail also occurred on Hommens Bridge Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDenmark$500Highway Patrol reported a tree in the roadway along Hwy 70 west of Denmark.
July 2025Flash FloodDenmark-Bamberg County dispatch reported flash flooding along Heritage Hwy at Carolina Hwy in Denmark, SC.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Bamberg County Dispatch reported trees down on a powerline in Denmark, SC. Time estimated by radar.
September 2017Heavy RainDenmark-CoCoRaHS observer measured a total rainfall amount of 6.80 inches 3 miles WNW of Denmark.
May 2016FloodDenmark-Sheriff office reported minor street flooding with ditches full in Denmark.
March 2012HailDenmark-Crestwood Country Club reported nickel to quarter size hail.
May 2011HailDenmark-Public reported quarter size hail near Denmark.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindDenmark-WIS-TV reported trees and power lines down in the town of Denmark.
April 2009HailDenmark-Dispatch reported nickel size hail on the northeast side of town.
May 2009HailDenmark-Sheriff reported nickel size hail on Driftwood road.
May 2008HailDenmark-Sheriff reported penny size hail.
May 2008HailDenmark-Public reported nickel size hail.
June 2008HailDenmark-Public reported penny size hail in the Denmark area.
March 2008Tornado (EF1)Denmark-Survey found utility poles snapped in half, trees and powerlines down. Moderate damage to several homes.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down countywide.
May 2006HailDenmark-Channel 26 in Augusta reported quarter size hail south of Denmark.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Sheriff reported numerous trees down near and north of Denmark, including Shilly road.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Highway Dept. reported one tree and several large branches down on hwy 321 in town.
June 2005HailDenmark-Hwy Dept. reported penny size hail coming down hard on hwy 321 north of Denmark.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Highway dept. reported a few trees down in the Denmark area.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Sheriff reported trees down in Denmark.
May 2002HailDenmark-Emergency manager reported quarter size hail in Denmark.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down.
September 2000Tornado (F1)Denmark-Storm survey found a weak F1 touched in Denmark on Lee Rd. It took down 7 pecan trees in an orchard, overturned a doublewide mobile home, and damaged roof to 7 homes.
March 1999HailDenmark-City Hall reported 3/4 inch hail.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Utility company reported trees and powerlines down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Sheriff reported trees down in Denmark area.
April 1998HailDenmark-Sheriff reports dime size hail.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Police reported trees down around town.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Trees and power lines down.
April 1997HailDenmark-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindDenmark-no account filed
May 1995HailDenmark-no account filed
July 1995HailDenmark-no account filed
July 1995HailDenmark-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bamberg 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
Sato0.8 miles15
Fogles (historical)2.3 miles15
Ott (historical)2.7 miles15
Luther (historical)3.5 miles15
Loraine (historical)3.6 miles15
Sweden3.9 miles14
Finland4.0 miles15
Lees4.1 miles15

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 DenmarkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q936697The 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 1247519. 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.