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Hendersonville, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Hendersonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29945. The Survey maps it on the Hendersonville quadrangle.

Hendersonville within Colleton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

275 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 275 fires within 5 miles of Hendersonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,862 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 52 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 burning110
Missing data/not specified/undetermined95
Arson/incendiarism52
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 1999Natural150 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colleton County

Storms near this place

60 of 74 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hendersonville in 74 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 64 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2017LightningHendersonville$40,000Lightning struck a large oak tree which resulted in a fire that destroyed a 30x50 foot work shop, tools and moderate size utility tractor.
August 2024Flash FloodHendersonville$10,000Law enforcement reported a portion of roadway damaged in the 2500 Block of Black Creek Road.
August 2024Flash FloodHendersonville$10,000Law enforcement reported a portion of roadway damaged near the intersection of Black Creek Road and Edward Road.
August 2024Flash FloodHendersonville$10,000Law enforcement reported a portion of roadway damaged in the 2400 Block of Mewville Road.
August 2023FloodHendersonville$5,000A Colleton County emergency manager reported a portion of unpaved See See Road washed out near the Ashepoo River due to heavy rainfall associated with Tropical Storm Idalia.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$5,000A trained spotter reported several trees and large branches down near the intersection of Orchard Road and Mewville Road.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$4,000A trained weather spotter reported the tops of trees snapped off and mailboxes blown away at 3388 Cane Branch Road near 5 miles north-northwest of Hendersonville, South Carolina.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$3,000A public report was received of trees and power lines down in Hendersonville, South Carolina.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$2,000The Department of Highways reported trees down along Ritter Road between Hendersonville Highway and Blue House Road.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$2,000Multiple trees down in Hendersonville.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$2,000Trees down on Old Hendersonville Road.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$1,500Law enforcement reported a tree down on a power line near the intersection of Combahee Road and Hendersonville Highway.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$1,500Law Enforcement reported a tree and power lines down near the intersection of Hendersonville Highway and Black Creek Road near Hendersonville, South Carolina.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$1,500Several trees were reported down across Interstate 95 around mile marker 42.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$1,000Law enforcement reported a tree down along Highway 17 near Combahee Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$1,000Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree and power lines down along the 3500 block of Black Creek Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$1,000Colleton County dispatch reported a tree down at the intersection of Hendersonville Highway and Combahee Road.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$1,000The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down due to thunderstorm outflow near the intersection of Mewville Road and Combahee Road.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$1,000The Colleton County 911 call center reported a tree down at the intersection of Black Creek Road and Hendersonville Highway.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$1,000The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Hendersonville Highway about 2 miles south of Hendersonville, South Carolina.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$1,000The Department of Highways reported a tree down near the intersection of Ritter Road and Highway 17A.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$1,000One tree was reported down along Interstate 95 between Black Creek Road and Crosby Corner Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$1,000SC Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Hendersonville Highway.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$1,000Law enforcement reported a tree down at the intersection of Edward Road and Black Creek Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$1,000Law enforcement reported a large tree blown down near the intersection of Ritter Road and Bluehouse Road.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$1,000The county dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Ritter Road and Bluehouse Crossing.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$1,000A tree was reported down across Combahee Road near Hendersonville, South Carolina.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$1,000Several fruit trees blown down.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$1,000Large antenna torn down off building. Few trees down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$500Law enforcement reported a tree down on Ritter Road near White Hall Road, 2 miles southeast of Hendersonville, South Carolina.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$500The public reported a tree down on Mewville Road, 2 miles west-northwest of Hendersonville, South Carolina.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$500Law Enforcement reported a tree down along the 5000 block of Combahee Road, 4 miles south-southwest of Hendersonville, South Carolina.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$500Law Enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Peniel Road and Katie Bridge Road, 5 miles southwest of Walterboro, South Carolina.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindHendersonville$500Law Enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Ritter Road and Blue House Lane, 2 miles southeast of Hendersonville, South Carolina.
March 2008HailHendersonville$500Quarter sized hail was reported by a trained weather spotter in Hendersonville, South Carolina. A small dead tree was also reported down.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-Law enforcement reported a tree down at 10000 Combahee Road.
June 2025HailHendersonville-A Colleton County emergency manager reported golf ball size hail.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down on Black Creek Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down along 500 Block of Roadside Drive.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down and blocking both lanes on the 11500 Block of Hendersonville Highway.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down on the 2000 Block of Mewville Road.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-An emergency manager reported a tree down on power lines and blocking both lanes of Peniel Road.
August 2024Flash FloodHendersonville-A video posted on social media showed two dikes at Crosbys Pond breached due to heavy rainfall and all water in the 20 acre pond rapidly draining into nearby Black Creek.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down and blocking one lane of Hendersonville Highway.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down and blocking both lanes of Black Creek Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down and blocking both lanes at 3726 Hendersonville Highway.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree and power lines down near|3000 Ritter Road. The tree was blocking one lane of the road.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-Two trees were reported down on Ritter Road. One was at White Hall Road and the other was at Hendersonville Highway.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-A tree was reported down on Hendersonville Highway near See Saw Road.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Hendersonville Highway near Highway 21 Alternate.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-A firefighter reported several large trees down on Cavanaugh Road.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down on Black Creek Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Black Creek Road and Cavanaugh Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Mewville Road and Moore Hill.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Ritter Road and U.S. Highway 17A.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-An emergency manager reported a tree down on a power line along Browntown Lane.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Hendersonville Highway and Ritter Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Interstate 95 at mile marker 44.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Cavanaugh Road near Black Creek Road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHendersonville-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at the intersection of Magellan Road and Stanley Avenue.

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
Bluehouse Corners2.0 miles17
Catholic Hill3.6 miles17
Ritter5.0 miles17
White Hall5.1 miles18
Ashepoo Crossing6.1 miles17
Jonesville6.1 miles19
Drawdy6.6 miles17
Green Pond7.2 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 HendersonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q60749079The 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 1223119. 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.