Due West, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Due West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29639. The Survey maps it on the Due West quadrangle. 1,219 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 699 feet above sea level.
On record in Due West
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
Erskine College-Due West Historic Districtlisted 1982
Lindsay Cemeterylisted 2009
Young Placelisted 1974
Population over time
2 figuresDue West fell from 1,247 to 1,219 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 | 1,247 | |
| 2020 | 1,219 | -28 (-2%) |
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 Due West quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
239 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 239 fires within 5 miles of Due West between 1992 and 2019, burning about 714 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 49 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 | 78 |
| Debris and open burning | 71 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 21 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
24 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Due West in 24 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 15 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 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 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Due West | $30,000 | A weak short-lived tornado downed numerous large trees and blew a carport off house, and underpinning off a trailer. |
| July 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Due West | $10,000 | Tornado track near highway 185 northwest of Due West. Damage was mainly confined to numerous trees that were blown down along the three-quarter mile path. However, one home did receive some roof damage. |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Due West | $2,000 | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Due West | $1,000 | A couple of trees were reported blown down around Due West, and several trees were blown down in Donalds. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Due West | - | County comms reported a few trees blown down around Due West. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Due West | - | Law enforcement reported a few trees and large limbs blown down along with tin ripped off one or two outbuildings between Honea Path and Due West. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Due West | - | NWS employee reported multiple large tree limbs snapped. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Due West | - | County comms reported a few trees blown down from near Highway 20 to Winona Church Rd. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Due West | - | Several trees and tree limbs were blown down in the Due West area. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Due West | - | Penny size hail was reported at highway 20 and Willie Kay Rd. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Due West | - | Trees were blown down, with some trees falling on cars, from the Due West area, along hwy 184 to Donalds. Other trees were blown down along highway 178 in the Donalds area. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Due West | - | A tree down in Donalds and another tree down on highway 201 south of Due West. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Due West | - | Several limbs up to 4 inches in diameter blown down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Due West | - | Two trees blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Due West | - | Some trees were blown down. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Due West | - | A couple of trees were blown down and a pontoon boat was blown off a trailer. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Due West | - | Some trees were blown down. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Due West | - | Trees were blown down across state highway 185. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Due West | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Due West | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Due West | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Due West | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Due West | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Due West | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hook (historical) | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Drake | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Winona | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Arborville | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Boneo | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Donalds | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hammett (historical) | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| West View | 4.0 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 Due West | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3100242 | 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 1247568. 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.




