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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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 Walterboro quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Walterboro 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 Hendersonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
275 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 110 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 95 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 1999 | Natural | 150 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 74 shownRegional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Lightning | Hendersonville | $40,000 | Lightning struck a large oak tree which resulted in a fire that destroyed a 30x50 foot work shop, tools and moderate size utility tractor. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Hendersonville | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported a portion of roadway damaged in the 2500 Block of Black Creek Road. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Hendersonville | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported a portion of roadway damaged near the intersection of Black Creek Road and Edward Road. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Hendersonville | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported a portion of roadway damaged in the 2400 Block of Mewville Road. |
| August 2023 | Flood | Hendersonville | $5,000 | A 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $5,000 | A trained spotter reported several trees and large branches down near the intersection of Orchard Road and Mewville Road. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $4,000 | A 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $3,000 | A public report was received of trees and power lines down in Hendersonville, South Carolina. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $2,000 | The Department of Highways reported trees down along Ritter Road between Hendersonville Highway and Blue House Road. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $2,000 | Multiple trees down in Hendersonville. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $2,000 | Trees down on Old Hendersonville Road. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $1,500 | Law enforcement reported a tree down on a power line near the intersection of Combahee Road and Hendersonville Highway. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $1,500 | Law Enforcement reported a tree and power lines down near the intersection of Hendersonville Highway and Black Creek Road near Hendersonville, South Carolina. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $1,500 | Several trees were reported down across Interstate 95 around mile marker 42. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported a tree down along Highway 17 near Combahee Road. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $1,000 | Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree and power lines down along the 3500 block of Black Creek Road. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $1,000 | Colleton County dispatch reported a tree down at the intersection of Hendersonville Highway and Combahee Road. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $1,000 | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down due to thunderstorm outflow near the intersection of Mewville Road and Combahee Road. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $1,000 | The Colleton County 911 call center reported a tree down at the intersection of Black Creek Road and Hendersonville Highway. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $1,000 | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Hendersonville Highway about 2 miles south of Hendersonville, South Carolina. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $1,000 | The Department of Highways reported a tree down near the intersection of Ritter Road and Highway 17A. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $1,000 | One tree was reported down along Interstate 95 between Black Creek Road and Crosby Corner Road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $1,000 | SC Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Hendersonville Highway. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported a tree down at the intersection of Edward Road and Black Creek Road. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported a large tree blown down near the intersection of Ritter Road and Bluehouse Road. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $1,000 | The county dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Ritter Road and Bluehouse Crossing. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $1,000 | A tree was reported down across Combahee Road near Hendersonville, South Carolina. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $1,000 | Several fruit trees blown down. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $1,000 | Large antenna torn down off building. Few trees down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $500 | Law enforcement reported a tree down on Ritter Road near White Hall Road, 2 miles southeast of Hendersonville, South Carolina. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $500 | The public reported a tree down on Mewville Road, 2 miles west-northwest of Hendersonville, South Carolina. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $500 | Law Enforcement reported a tree down along the 5000 block of Combahee Road, 4 miles south-southwest of Hendersonville, South Carolina. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $500 | Law Enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Peniel Road and Katie Bridge Road, 5 miles southwest of Walterboro, South Carolina. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | $500 | Law Enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Ritter Road and Blue House Lane, 2 miles southeast of Hendersonville, South Carolina. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Hendersonville | $500 | Quarter sized hail was reported by a trained weather spotter in Hendersonville, South Carolina. A small dead tree was also reported down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down at 10000 Combahee Road. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Hendersonville | - | A Colleton County emergency manager reported golf ball size hail. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down on Black Creek Road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down along 500 Block of Roadside Drive. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down and blocking both lanes on the 11500 Block of Hendersonville Highway. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down on the 2000 Block of Mewville Road. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | An emergency manager reported a tree down on power lines and blocking both lanes of Peniel Road. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Hendersonville | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down and blocking one lane of Hendersonville Highway. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down and blocking both lanes of Black Creek Road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down and blocking both lanes at 3726 Hendersonville Highway. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | Two trees were reported down on Ritter Road. One was at White Hall Road and the other was at Hendersonville Highway. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | A tree was reported down on Hendersonville Highway near See Saw Road. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Hendersonville Highway near Highway 21 Alternate. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | A firefighter reported several large trees down on Cavanaugh Road. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down on Black Creek Road. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Black Creek Road and Cavanaugh Road. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Mewville Road and Moore Hill. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Ritter Road and U.S. Highway 17A. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | An emergency manager reported a tree down on a power line along Browntown Lane. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Hendersonville Highway and Ritter Road. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Interstate 95 at mile marker 44. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Cavanaugh Road near Black Creek Road. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendersonville | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at the intersection of Magellan Road and Stanley Avenue. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluehouse Corners | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Catholic Hill | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Ritter | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| White Hall | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Ashepoo Crossing | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Jonesville | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| Drawdy | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Green Pond | 7.2 miles | 18 |
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 Hendersonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q60749079 | 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 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.









