Kathwood, South Carolina
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29831. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1921 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Augusta East quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Barnwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Kathwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 845 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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 | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Savannah River Forest | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Kathwood: 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, REE, Cobalt, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Bluff | Cobalt, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Hollow Creek | Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium | Unknown | Placer-Modern-Fluvial | |
| Hollow Creek | REE | Occurrence | ||
| Town Creek | Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium | Unknown | Placer-Modern-Fluvial | |
| Town Creek | REE | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
8 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kathwood in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kathwood | $8,000 | Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down along Atomic Road and other areas of southeast Aiken county. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kathwood | $3,000 | Highway Patrol reported trees down at the intersection of Old Jackson Highway and Old Nail Road. Small hail was also observed. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kathwood | $1,000 | Highway Patrol reported a tree in the roadway at Silver Bluff Landing off Old Jackson road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kathwood | - | Trees down at Atomic Rd and Double Springs Rd between Beech Island and Jackson. Time estimated. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kathwood | - | Sheriff dispatch reported trees down near the intersection of Silver Bluff Rd and Foreman Rd. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kathwood | - | Highway patrol reported a tree in the roadway at the intersection of Atomic Rd and Double Springs Rd. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kathwood | - | Spotter relayed a report from Beech Island FD of a tree down on power lines on Old Jackson Hwy at Silver Bluff Rd and at Old Jackson Hwy at Kathwood Rd. Time estimated. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kathwood | - | Trees down at Atomic Rd and Silver Bluff Rd. Time estimated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hankinson | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Browns Hill | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Jackson | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Twiggs | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Spiderweb | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Cowden | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Grays Landing | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Hollow Creek | 5.3 miles | 19 |
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 Q122596325 | 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 1246219. 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.









