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Green Pond, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Green Pond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29446. The Survey maps it on the Green Pond quadrangle. It stands 30 feet above sea level.

Green Pond within Colleton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

414 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 414 fires within 5 miles of Green Pond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,481 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 98 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/undetermined162
Debris and open burning130
Arson/incendiarism98
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Natural3
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
27 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined236 acresAce Basin National Wildlife RefugeCBFLDS96-1
24 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 1998Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colleton County

Storms near this place

38 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Green Pond in 38 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 34 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond$10,000Colleton County Emergency Management reported one tree down on Wood Road blocking both lanes. The tree also brought down power lines.
August 2024Flash FloodGreen Pond$10,000Law enforcement reported a portion of roadway washed out in the 600 Block of Wiggins Road.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond$2,000The Department of Highways reported trees down near the intersection of Wood Road and Magwood Bryan Road.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond$2,000Trees down along Catholic Hill Road.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond$1,500The Colleton County Sheriffs Office reported 3 trees down and blocking the roadway. This included Treu Street and Shady Dell Lane, Magwood Bryant Road and Wood Road, and Charleston Highway and Bonnie Doone Road.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond$1,500Several pine trees were reported down by in the Donnelley Wildlife Area near Green Pond, South Carolina.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond$1,500Several trees were reported down in the 6000 block of Ritter Road in Green Pond, South Carolina.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond$1,000Colleton County dispatch reported a large tree down on Magwood Bryan Road near Green Pond.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond$1,000A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of Woods Road and Ace Basin Parkway due to thunderstorm outflow.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond$1,000A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down along the 600 Block of Wood Road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond$1,000A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of Ivenia Broad Road and Manatee Lane.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond$1,000A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of Green Pond Highway and Wood Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond$1,000Tree down on Ritter Road, blocking 1 lane.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond$1,000SC Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Folly Creek Lane and Green Pond Highway.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond$1,000Law enforcement reported one tree down on Green Pond Highway near the post office.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond$1,000Trees down near 16000 block of Ace Basin Parkway.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond$500Colleton County warning point reported a tree down across Magwood Bryant Road.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond$500Law enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Green Pond Highway and Rowdy Road, near Green Pond, South Carolina.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond$500Law Enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Green Pond Highway and Wisteria Road, 1 mile north-northwest of Green Pond, South Carolina.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond$500The public reported a tree down near the intersection of Whitehall Road and Highway 17, two miles southwest of Green Pond, South Carolina.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond$500One tree was reported down on Highway 17 between Green Pond and Ashepoo.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond-Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree down on power lines at 800 Wood Road.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down in the 1400 block of Magwood Bryant Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond-A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down on Green Pond Highway and Clover Hill Road.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond-An emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of Green Pond Highway and Ivenia Brown Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond-A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down at 11500 Green Pond Highway.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond-A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down and blocking one lane of Wood Road.
September 2023HailGreen Pond-Colleton County Emergency Management reported penny sized hail on Wood Road.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond-A Colleton County emergency manager reported trees and power lines down on Spring Hill Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond-The South Carolina Department of Highways reported a tree down at the intersection of Green Pond Highway and Wisteria Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Wood Road and Green Pond Highway.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond-A Colleton County Emergency Manager reported a tree down at the 200 Block of Gobbler Circle.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond-Colleton County Law Enforcement reported numerous trees down in the Green Pond area.
August 2012HailGreen Pond-The public reported golf ball to baseball sized hail near the intersection of Highway 17 and Highway 303.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond-Trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds.
December 2000Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond-Trees and power lines down.
September 1998Tornado (F1)Green Pond-Tornado took a roof off a barn and snapped off or uprooted several trees on a private plantation.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindGreen Pond-Trees down.

Every storm recorded in Colleton 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
Ashepoo Crossing1.8 miles17
Ashepoo3.4 miles18
Catholic Hill4.0 miles17
Ritter4.1 miles17
White Hall4.1 miles18
Hickory Hill4.6 miles18
Bluehouse Corners5.2 miles17
Neyles7.1 miles17

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 Q136147902The 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 1245829. 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.