Langley, South Carolina
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the North Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29851. The Survey maps it on the Graniteville quadrangle. 1,485 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 190 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLangley grew from 1,447 to 1,485 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,447 | |
| 2020 | 1,485 | +38 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1923 USGS Warrenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1923 USGS Warrenville quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Warrenville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Warrenville quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1964 USGS Graniteville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Graniteville quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
606 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 606 fires within 5 miles of Langley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,911 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 113 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 | 171 |
| Debris and open burning | 152 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 113 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 103 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | 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
10 of 50 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Langley: 20 past producers, 17 unknowns, 13 producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Titanium, Zirconium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Creek | Titanium, Zirconium, REE, Thorium | Unknown | Placer-Modern-Fluvial | |
| Horse Creek | REE | Past Producer | ||
| Unidentified Mine | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Igneous Intrusive | |
| Unidentified Mine(Horse Creek Mine) | Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Titanium | Past Producer | Sedimentary Kaolin | |
| Aiken Kaolin District | Kaolin | Producer | 1852 | |
| Barden Mine | Kaolin | Unknown | ||
| Graniteville Mine | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Langley Mine | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Augusta Sand and Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Clearwater Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Langley in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langley | $3,000 | Highway Patrol reproted trees down on Sudlow Lake Road at Addie Road. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Langley | $100 | Amateur radio operator reported pea sized hail in Burnettown. Time estimated. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Langley | $10 | Hail less than dime size reported. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Langley | - | Public report of 1 to 1.5 inch hail for about 5 minutes. |
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Langley | - | Aiken County Emergency Manager reported flash flooding near the intersection of Langley Dam Rd and Jefferson Davis Hwy. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langley | - | Trees down on Lee Dr. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langley | - | Emergency Manager reported trees down in the community. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Langley | - | Public reported nickel size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnettown | 0.3 miles | 19 | |
| Langley Villa | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Gloverville | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Jacksonville | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Lynwood | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Bath | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Horse Creek | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Ridgecrest | 2.1 miles | 20 |
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 Langley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6486213 | 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 1246294. 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.











