McBee, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the McBee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29101. The Survey maps it on the Bethune quadrangle. 758 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 479 feet above sea level.
On record in McBee
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
Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot in McBeelisted 1999
Population over time
2 figuresMcBee fell from 867 to 758 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 | 867 | |
| 2020 | 758 | -109 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Bethune quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
192 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of McBee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,385 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 12 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 | 75 |
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2019 | Natural | 105 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | OVERFLOW ROAD FIRE |
| 12 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2015 | Other causes | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of McBee: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbour Prospect | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Unidentified Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unidentified Sand Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingrams | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Big Springs | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Tabernacle (historical) | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Leland | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Green Hill | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Middendorf | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Junction (historical) | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| McKennon | 8.7 miles | 12 |
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 McBee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q595593 | 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 1231526. 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.







