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Elloree, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Elloree census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29047. The Survey maps it on the Elloree quadrangle. 570 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 164 feet above sea level.

Elloree within Orangeburg County

On record in Elloree

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

Population over time

3 figures

Elloree fell from 742 to 570 between 2000 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
2000742
2010692-50 (-7%)
2020570-122 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

328 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 328 fires within 5 miles of Elloree between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,415 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 31 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 burning154
Missing data/not specified/undetermined106
Arson/incendiarism31
Smoking15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orangeburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Elloree: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Mccurry PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Orangeburg County

Storms near this place

27 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elloree in 27 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 17 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 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
July 1997Thunderstorm WindElloree1 hurt, $18,000A tree fell on a Pontiac Grand Am traveling along SC Highway 267 injuring a 36 year old Elloree woman.
October 2015Flash FloodElloree$500,000Roadway washed out at Warrior Drive and Browing Road.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindElloree$60,000The Elloree mayor and DOT repoted several trees down at minor to moderate damage to several gin mills and grainerys.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindElloree$12,000Dispatch reported many trees down in the Elloree area including Hampton Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindElloree$12,000WIS TV reported numerous large trees down at Bickley Farms near Elloree. A grain auger was also toppled over.
November 2011Thunderstorm WindElloree$6,000Sheriff reported trees down in the Elloree area near Hwy 6 and Hampton Street.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindElloree$6,000DOT reported several trees down between Elloree and Santee along Hwy 6.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindElloree$5,000Sheriff reoprted trees down.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindElloree$3,000Highway Patrol reported powerlines down on Hwy 6 near Hwy 267.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindElloree$2,000DOT reported trees down at Tee Vee and Racetrack Roads northeast of Elloree.
September 2020Flash FloodElloree$1,000SCHP reported roadway washout on Tee Vee Rd and Cleveland St. Times estimated.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindElloree$500DOT reported a tree down at Dantzler and Cleveland Streets in Elloree.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindElloree-A trained spotter relayed a report through social media with photos of a parking lot light pole at a commercial food distribution center blown over onto the hood of a semi-trailer causing damage. Time estimated.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindElloree-Orangeburg County Dispatch reported trees down along Racetrack Road near Elloree.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindElloree-A severe long-lasting thunderstorm, that developed in Calhoun Co, continued to move SE across lower Orangeburg Co and produced strong damaging winds, knocking down numerous trees from near Elloree and vicinity, SE to near Felderville, Santee, Vance, Wells, Eutawville, and Holly Hill and vicinities. An NWS Storm Survey team determined that the greatest damage occurred between the community of Felderville SE to near Wells, including at Lake Marion High School, where winds estimated at 80 to 85 MPH caused damage to the roof of the school and also uprooted trees and caused roof damage to a church across the street from the school. Golf ball size hail also occurred at the high school and caused damage (see separate entry).
June 2020Thunderstorm WindElloree-A tree and power lines were downed on Hampton St in Elloree. Time estimated.
September 2020Heavy RainElloree-A CoCoRaHS observer reported a two day rainfall total of 8.52 inches, most of which fell on Thursday, September 17th.
August 2012HailElloree-Sheriff rerported quarter size hail off of Old State Road.
June 2009HailElloree-Reported nickel size hail near Elloree.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindElloree-Trees were down in Elloree.
May 2006HailElloree-Public reported 1 inch hail north of Elloree to I-95.
June 2006HailElloree-Public reported golfball size hail.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindElloree-Emergency Manager reported roof torn off mobile home at US301 and hwy 47. Several trees were down on homes, a mobile home was rolled over, and a shed was damaged.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindElloree-EM reported trees down near state rd 267 and TV road.
February 1999HailElloree-City police reported 3/4 inch hail.
May 1999HailElloree-Highway dept. reported 3/4 inch hail between Santee and Ellorree.
July 1995HailElloree-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orangeburg 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
Partersville3.7 miles13
Parler4.2 miles18
Felderville4.9 miles18
Oaks Crossroads5.7 miles18
Santee5.9 miles17
Milligans7.9 miles17
Dantzler8.5 miles18
Providence9.7 miles18

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 ElloreeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2455087The 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 1247661. 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.