BlockBefore

Horatio, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Shaw AFB-Horatio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29128. The Survey maps it on the Rembert quadrangle.

Horatio within Sumter County

On record in Horatio

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

243 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 243 fires within 5 miles of Horatio between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,276 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 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 burning116
Missing data/not specified/undetermined77
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking6
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning40 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Horatio: 6 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Titanium, Thorium, Iron, Zirconium, Zirconium, Iron, Thorium, Titanium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Becker Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Iron, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownTailings
Gum SwampTitanium, Thorium, Iron, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Unidentified MineClayUnknownSedimentary
HoratioIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Sumters LandingIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Becker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Becker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hagood Sand - Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
HoratioSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Sumter County

Storms near this place

13 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horatio in 13 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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
August 2010Thunderstorm WindHoratio$8,000Sheriff reported numerous trees down northwest to southwest of Sumter. Trees were down near the community of Stateburg around the intersection of Hwy 378 and State Hwy 261. Other trees were down near Nettles and Ramsey roads.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHoratio$6,000Highway Patrol reported trees down along Hwy 261 from Scales Road to Horatio Road.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindHoratio$6,000Highway Patrol reported trees down along Hwy 261 and Catchall Road.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHoratio$4,000Black River Electric Coop reported trees and powerlines down on Moody road near Rembert.
April 2023HailHoratio$100Trained spotter reported pea size hail at Carryall Cir and Hwy 261. Time estimated.
June 2023HailHoratio$100Trained spotter on Carryall Cir in Dalzell reported several minutes of pea size hail.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHoratio-Spotter reports a small tree down across SC 261 near Dalzell, SC.
May 2024HailHoratio-Trained spotter reported penny size hail at his location.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHoratio-Spotter reported power lines down, large trees down, and a pecan tree uprooted.
April 2023HailHoratio-Trained spotter reported penny size hail on Carryall Cir near Hwy 261.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHoratio-SCHP reported tree in roadway at SC Hwy 261 (N Kings Hwy) and Fish Rd. Time estimated.
March 2018Thunderstorm WindHoratio-SCHP reported tree in roadway on Charles Miller Rd and Sumters Landing Rd.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindHoratio-SC Highway Patrol reported trees down on Hwy 261 and Fish Rd.

Every storm recorded in Sumter 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
Sanders Corner1.8 miles19
Dinkins Mill2.1 miles19
Hagood2.5 miles19
Claremont3.3 miles14
Springbank Hills3.5 miles14
Ellerbees Mill3.7 miles19
Catchall4.1 miles16
Pinckney Crossroad4.2 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.

Wikipedia article on HoratioAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2883731The 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 1223295. 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.