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.
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
American Telephone and Telegraph Company Buildinglisted 1999
Bedford Halllisted 1982
Denmark High Schoollisted 2001
Population over time
2 figuresDenmark 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,538 | |
| 2020 | 3,186 | -352 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1919 USGS Bamberg quadrangle1:48000
- 1920 USGS Bamberg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Bamberg quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1979 USGS Denmark quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Barnwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
161 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 66 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
39 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denmark | $18,000 | Sheriff reported many trees down from Denmark to Bamberg. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denmark | $6,000 | Dispatch reported trees down across the railroad tracks on Charleston Augusta Roan and Carolina Hwy. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denmark | $3,000 | Highway Patrol reported trees down along Hwy 321. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denmark | $2,000 | Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down on Butler Street in Denmark. Penny size hail also occurred on Hommens Bridge Road. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denmark | $500 | Highway Patrol reported a tree in the roadway along Hwy 70 west of Denmark. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Denmark | - | Bamberg County dispatch reported flash flooding along Heritage Hwy at Carolina Hwy in Denmark, SC. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denmark | - | Bamberg County Dispatch reported trees down on a powerline in Denmark, SC. Time estimated by radar. |
| September 2017 | Heavy Rain | Denmark | - | CoCoRaHS observer measured a total rainfall amount of 6.80 inches 3 miles WNW of Denmark. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Denmark | - | Sheriff office reported minor street flooding with ditches full in Denmark. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Denmark | - | Crestwood Country Club reported nickel to quarter size hail. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Denmark | - | Public reported quarter size hail near Denmark. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denmark | - | WIS-TV reported trees and power lines down in the town of Denmark. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Denmark | - | Dispatch reported nickel size hail on the northeast side of town. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Denmark | - | Sheriff reported nickel size hail on Driftwood road. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Denmark | - | Sheriff reported penny size hail. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Denmark | - | Public reported nickel size hail. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Denmark | - | Public reported penny size hail in the Denmark area. |
| March 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Denmark | - | Survey found utility poles snapped in half, trees and powerlines down. Moderate damage to several homes. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denmark | - | Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down countywide. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Denmark | - | Channel 26 in Augusta reported quarter size hail south of Denmark. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denmark | - | Sheriff reported numerous trees down near and north of Denmark, including Shilly road. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denmark | - | Highway Dept. reported one tree and several large branches down on hwy 321 in town. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Denmark | - | Hwy Dept. reported penny size hail coming down hard on hwy 321 north of Denmark. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denmark | - | Highway dept. reported a few trees down in the Denmark area. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denmark | - | Sheriff reported trees down in Denmark. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Denmark | - | Emergency manager reported quarter size hail in Denmark. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denmark | - | Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down. |
| September 2000 | Tornado (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 1999 | Hail | Denmark | - | City Hall reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denmark | - | Utility company reported trees and powerlines down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denmark | - | Sheriff reported trees down in Denmark area. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Denmark | - | Sheriff reports dime size hail. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denmark | - | Police reported trees down around town. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denmark | - | Trees and power lines down. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Denmark | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denmark | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Denmark | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Denmark | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Denmark | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sato | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Fogles (historical) | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Ott (historical) | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Luther (historical) | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Loraine (historical) | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Sweden | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Finland | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Lees | 4.1 miles | 15 |
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 Denmark | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q936697 | 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 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.









