Hodges, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ware Shoals-Hodges census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29653. The Survey maps it on the Cokesbury quadrangle. 162 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 699 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresHodges grew from 158 to 162 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 158 | |
| 2010 | 155 | -3 (-2%) |
| 2020 | 162 | +7 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1892 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Cokesbury quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
218 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Hodges between 1992 and 2017, burning about 553 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 | 130 |
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 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 Hodges: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Mary Robinson Property | Aluminum, Kaolin | Prospect |
Storms near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hodges in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Hodges | $75,000 | A weak tornado touched down near the Abbeville county line and moved east-southeast damaging some buildings, lifting a pick-up truck off the ground and lodging it in a tree, and killing goats and pigs. Hundreds of trees were downed in the Creekside subdivision. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hodges | $10,000 | Emergency mngr reported multiple trees blown down from Hodges to the east side of Greenwood. One tree was down on a house on Chestnut Ct. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hodges | - | Spotter reported multiple large tree limbs blown down on Emerson St. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hodges | - | County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down and a few shingles removed from the roof of a Fire Dept building. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hodges | - | Law enforcement and spotters reported numerous trees blown down across the county. An NWS storm survey team picked up a slightly more intense downburst path from Ninety Six to the southern shores of Lake Greenwood. At least one tree fell on a moving vehicle near Ninety Six. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hodges | - | Numerous trees were blown down throughout Greenwood County, with at least three trees on homes in the city of Greenwood. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hodges | - | Quite a few trees blown down and some minor roof damage to homes along highway 25 north of Hodges. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Hodges | - | Spotter also relayed non-specific report of large hail. Also non-specific report of large hail 3 SE Hodges along highway 25. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hodges | - | Large tree limbs were blown onto roads. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Hodges | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Hodges | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Hodges | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Hodges | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Hodges | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simmons | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Irving | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Cokesbury | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Tinsley | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Dalewood | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Downs Siding | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Hyde Park | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| North Hills Estates | 3.9 miles | 14 |
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 Hodges | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2844570 | 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 1231390. 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.




