Eadytown, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the St. Stephen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29468. It lies near Pintail Island. The Survey maps it on the Eadytown quadrangle.
On record in Eadytown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- U.S. 15 Santee River Bridge, SC Road 45 spanning Santee-Cooper Diversion Canal, Eadytownfederal building survey, 26 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1920 USGS Chicora quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Chicora quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Chicora 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 Eadytown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
788 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 788 fires within 5 miles of Eadytown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,911 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 211 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 | 333 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 211 |
| Debris and open burning | 205 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eadytown in 23 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eadytown | $3,000 | A Berkeley County official reported trees down in Eadytown, South Carolina. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Eadytown | $1,250 | Golf ball size hail was reported in Eadytown, South Carolina by the public. Two trees were also reported down on a dock on Lake Marion. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eadytown | $1,000 | The public reported that the vinyl skirting underneath 3 mobile homes was blown off. Winds were estimated at 40 to 50 mph. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eadytown | - | Berkeley County Emergency Management reported a tree down at 3457 Highway 45. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eadytown | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down near 1080 Thomas Walters Road. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eadytown | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down on Pineville Circle. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Eadytown | - | A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail at Macs Landing. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eadytown | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 45 and Edgewater Road. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eadytown | - | The observation site at Pineville recorded a 59 mph wind gust. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Eadytown | - | The public reported quarter size hail in Eadytown. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eadytown | - | A 58 miles per hour wind gust was measured at the Santee Dam. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eadytown | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 64 miles per hour was measured. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eadytown | - | A 61 knot wind gust was measured at an observation site 2 miles north northwest of Eadytown on the south side of the Lake Marion Spillway. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eadytown | - | A mesonet station on the Santee Dam on the east end of Lake Marion, measured a wind gust of 69 mph. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Eadytown | - | Law Enforcement reported a funnel cloud along Highway 45 at the Rediversion Canal Bridge in Eadytown, South Carolina. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Eadytown | - | Quarter size hail fell for 5 minutes. A few small tree limbs were also reported down. |
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eadytown | - | Thunderstorm winds to 67 mph were measured on the top of the Santee dam. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eadytown | - | Handar equipment recorded wind gust of 66 mph. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Eadytown | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Eadytown | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eadytown | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Eadytown | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Eadytown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Pond (historical) | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Wilsons Landing | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Spring Plain (historical) | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Corsada (historical) | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Prioleau | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Wing Road | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Nelson Hill | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Cross Cross Roads | 4.7 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122558883 | 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 1247585. 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.










