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Dentsville, South Carolina

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29223. It stands on Lightwood Knot Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fort Jackson North quadrangle. 14,431 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 233 feet above sea level.

Dentsville within Richland County

Population over time

2 figures

Dentsville grew from 14,062 to 14,431 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
201014,062
202014,431+369 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Dentsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 545 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined60
Misuse of fire by a minor36
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning10
Smoking9
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1

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
9 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.8 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1997Smoking1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 1998Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Dentsville: 5 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smith Properties MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Carolina Ceramics Shale PitClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Crane Creek PitClayUnknownMetamorphic
Haskell Clay MineClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Pontiac MillClayPast Producer
Richland County MinesClayProducer
Stork Firebrick Works PitClayPast ProducerKaolin
Unnamed Clay Pit.ClayUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Richland County

Storms near this place

21 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dentsville in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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
October 2015Flash FloodDentsville1 killed, 1 hurt, $15,000Male driving down driver N. Trenholm Road found the next morning in Carys Lake just off Trenholm Road.
October 2015Flash FloodDentsville$100,000Richland County dispatch reported Goldbranch Road and Northshore Road impassable due to water flowing over the roadway from a creek out of its banks. Barricades have been set up.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDentsville$24,000WIS TV reported large limbs down and a tree on a home.
October 2015Flash FloodDentsville$15,000SC Highway Patrol reports Two Notch Road at Decker Blvd closed due to roadway flooding.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindDentsville$10,000Dispatch reported multiple trees down on Chatsworth Road, Castleton Lane, and Exeter Lane.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindDentsville$6,000Highway Patrol reported trees down on Norwood road.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindDentsville$5,000Utility Company reported power outages and lines down on Arbor Drive and Lake Avenue.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindDentsville$4,000Sheriff reported trees down on Kelly Mill and Robin Hood roads.
November 2010Thunderstorm WindDentsville$3,000DOT reported trees down near I-20 and Alpine Road.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindDentsville$2,000Highway Patrol reported trees down on Oneil Court at Trenholm Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindDentsville-Broadcast met and other public reports of multiple trees down along Arcadia Springs Circle including at least tree on a home.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDentsville-SC Highway Patrol reported trees down on the roadway along Arcadia Woods Road. Time estimated by radar.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindDentsville-SC Department of Public Safety reported a tree down on Arcadia Lake Drive.
February 2019Thunderstorm WindDentsville-Trees down on Wedgefield Rd near Decker Blvd. Reported by local broadcast media via social media.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindDentsville-Report and images of a tree down on house, Arcadia Woods Drive.
August 2012HailDentsville-Public reported quarter size hail in Dentsville.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindDentsville-Ham radio operator reported multiple trees down on Polo Rd. near Interstate 20.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindDentsville-Reported a tree fell into a house northeast of Dentsville.
August 2009HailDentsville-Public reported nickel size hail at Harrison road and Two Notch road.
May 2008HailDentsville-SKYWARN spotter and public reported quarter size hail.
June 1998HailDentsville-Sheriff reported golf ball size hail.

Every storm recorded in Richland 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
Arcadia Lakes0.7 miles24
Satchel Ford Terrace0.8 miles24
Tanglewood0.9 miles24
Windsor Lake Park0.9 miles24
Woodfield Park1.0 miles24
Brandywine1.1 miles24
Huntington1.2 miles24
Springwood1.2 miles24

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 DentsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2886501The 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 1249475. 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.