Donalds, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Donalds census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29638. The Survey maps it on the Ware Shoals West quadrangle. 328 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 761 feet above sea level.
On record in Donalds
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
Donalds Grange No. 497listed 1995
Population over time
2 figuresDonalds fell from 348 to 328 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 | 348 | |
| 2020 | 328 | -20 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1892 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Ware Shoals West quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
266 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Donalds between 1992 and 2020, burning about 950 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 34 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 | 123 |
| Debris and open burning | 75 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Donalds: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Copper, Iron, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saluda Mine | Copper, Iron, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Saluda Mine | Copper | Past Producer | Stratiform | |
| Unknown | Copper | Past Producer | Stratabound Discordant |
Storms near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Donalds in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2013: 9 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 1996 | Lightning | Donalds | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalds | $1,000 | Some power lines were blown down. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalds | - | Numerous trees and large limbs were blown down throughout Abbeville County. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Donalds | - | Nickel size hail in a path from near Donalds to about 3 miles south southeast of town. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Donalds | - | Quarter size hail fell along Williamson Hill Rd, about 3.5 miles northeast of Donalds. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Donalds | - | Nickel size hail was reported on Robinson St in Donalds. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalds | - | Several trees were blown down a little west of the town on Donalds. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalds | - | A couple trees blown down in the Gunnells Rd/Highway 252 area. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalds | - | Trees and power lines were blown down on Martin Rd and highway 178. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalds | - | Two trees down. One fell on a power line on highway 184 near Donalds. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalds | - | Trees were blown down. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donalds | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Donalds | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Donalds | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Donalds | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Donalds | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Donalds | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Donalds | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foxville Crossroads | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Hammett (historical) | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Dann (historical) | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Drake | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Winona | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Boneo | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Vermillion | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Murray (historical) | 2.8 miles | 13 |
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 Donalds | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2206581 | 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 1247536. 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.




