Fechtig, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Yemassee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29916. The Survey maps it on the Cummings quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1919 USGS Cummings quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Cummings 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
- 1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Cummings quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
323 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 323 fires within 5 miles of Fechtig between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,489 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 65 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 | 111 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 104 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 65 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fechtig in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fechtig | - | The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Henderson Road near the intersection with Old Salkehatchie Road. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fechtig | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Wild Turkey Trail and Bubbas Drive. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cummings | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Early Branch | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Camp Branch | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Davidson | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Horsegall | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Barkerville | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| McPhersonville | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Almeda | 6.2 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 Fechtig | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q96377840 | 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 1222364. 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.









