Estill, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Estill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29918. It stands on Filly Branch. The Survey maps it on the Gifford quadrangle. 1,821 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 112 feet above sea level.
On record in Estill
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
John Lawton Houselisted 2009
Lawtonville Baptist Churchlisted 2012- Church of the Heavenly Restlisted 2026
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Doctor Bertie Rozel Johnston Office, 373 Third Street East, Estillfederal building survey, 1 photograph
Population over time
2 figuresEstill fell from 2,040 to 1,821 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 | 2,040 | |
| 2020 | 1,821 | -219 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1918 USGS Varnville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Varnville quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Gifford quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
298 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of Estill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 930 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 66 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 burning | 115 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 83 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 66 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Estill in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | $15,000 | The Hampton County warning point reported trees and powerlines were blown down throughout the city of Estill. Some streets impacted by fallen trees include 3rd Street...Wyman Blvd...Applebee Street and Morrison Avenue South. The entire city was without power. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | $5,000 | Law Enforcement reported trees down along Highway 601 in Estill, South Carolina. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | $5,000 | Power lines down near intersection of Highway 321 and 5th St. in Estill. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | $5,000 | Power outages. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | $4,000 | A trained weather spotter reported several trees of small to medium size down near Estill, South Carolina. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | $2,000 | Trees were reported down in Estill, South Carolina. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | $1,500 | A spotter reported a tree down on a power line .2 mile south of Estill. |
| October 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | $500 | Law enforcement reported 1 tree down on Highway 3 in Estill, South Carolina. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | $500 | One tree was reported down across a road in Estill, South Carolina. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | - | The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported multiple trees down along Highway 321 just outside of Estill. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | - | Hampton County dispatch reported several trees down west of Estill. This includes Harper Road, Orangeburg Road, Nixville Road, and Matthews Bluff. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Estill | - | The public reported baseball sized hail at the corner of 4th Street and Lawton Avenue in Estill. The report was relayed via pictures on social media. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Old Orangeburg Road near Goodwill Road. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | - | Law enforcement reported several trees blown down on roadways around Estill, including Lawton Avenue, Daily Road and Third Street. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | - | An emergency manager relayed a report of two large trees down on Lawton Avenue. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | - | Hampton County dispatch reported multiple trees down along Columbia Highway near Estill. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | - | The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported a large tree limb down at 3rd Street and Catherine Street. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Estill | - | Five roads in Estill were reported closed due to flash flooding. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees. Nickel size hail fell near Estill. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | - | Trees reported down on Hopewell Rd. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | - | Powerlines down. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Estill | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Estill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lena | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Lawtonville Crossroads | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Luray | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Steep Bottom (historical) | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Peeples (historical) | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Valentine | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Nixville | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Scotia | 5.1 miles | 16 |
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 Estill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2662972 | 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 1222302. 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.








