Gardens Corner, South Carolina
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Sheldon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29945. The Survey maps it on the Sheldon quadrangle.
On record in Gardens Corner
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
Sheldon Church Ruinslisted 1970
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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 Yemassee quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Yemassee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 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 Sheldon quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
689 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 689 fires within 5 miles of Gardens Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,751 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 216 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 | 299 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 216 |
| Debris and open burning | 152 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gardens Corner: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coosawhatchee Region Deposits | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1963 |
Storms near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gardens Corner in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardens Corner | $500 | Law enforcement reported a tree down near a home on Stroban Road, 2 miles east of Garden Corner, South Carolina. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardens Corner | $100 | Several 2 inch diameter tree limbs were reported down on Route 21. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardens Corner | - | The Beaufort County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Wash Farm Road and Trask Parkway. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardens Corner | - | The Beaufort County Warning Point reported a tree down on power lines at 64 Butler Farm Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardens Corner | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported two trees down along Highway 17 near the intersection with Trask Parkway. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardens Corner | - | Several trees and large limbs were down. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Gardens Corner | - | 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.
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 Q122543539 | 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 1247871. 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.









