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Monetta, South Carolina

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It lies in ZIP code area 29105. The Survey maps it on the Monetta quadrangle. 205 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 630 feet above sea level.

Monetta within Aiken County

Population over time

2 figures

Monetta fell from 236 to 205 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.

YearPeople Change
2010236
2020205-31 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

130 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Monetta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 495 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 22 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 burning53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism22
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2006Debris and open burning7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Debris and open burning2.4 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken County

Storms near this place

34 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monetta in 34 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 8 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
November 1995Tornado (F2)Monetta1 hurt, $460,000Tornado completely destroyed four large poultry houses and a peach processing building. Large farm equipment also destroyed. One person had a leg and back injury.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMonetta$14,000Newberry County Emergency Management reported a tree had fallen across I-26 westbound at mile marker 88. Seven cars were then involved in accident after hitting the tree with all lanes blocked.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Monetta$5,000An F1 tornado touched down on I-20 from mile marker 30 to 31 and moved northeast to Three Notch road (SC289). Numerous trees were taken down and moderate damage was done to two 12x24' sheds.
March 2019Tornado (EF1)Monetta$2,000Further examination of the March 3, 2019 severe weather event revealed an additional tornado in northwestern Aiken County. The combination of a TDS present on radar, and convergence noted in the original damage survey, led to this conclusion. The tornado began just east of US1, snapping hardwoods and uprooting pine trees as it quickly moved northeastward. It did minor roof damage to a home before quickly dissipating east of Centipede Road.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMonetta$2,000Highway Patrol reported trees down south of Monetta in Aiken County.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindMonetta$2,000Public reported several trees down along Peach Cider road and Fallow road southeast of Monetta.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMonetta$2,000Public reported several small trees down along U.S. 1.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindMonetta$2,000Sheriff reported several trees down in Monetta.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMonetta-Aiken EM reported multiple trees down in the Monetta area. Time estimated by radar.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMonetta-Lancaster County EM reports trees and power poles down via images on NWSChat along Sunset Cir near Grace Ave, including one that fell on a house.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMonetta-Aiken County EM office reported a tree down at the intersection of Nazarene Rd and Wire Rd. Time estimated by radar.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindMonetta-SCHP reported tree in roadway on US Hwy 1 at Chinquapin Church Rd. Time estimated.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMonetta-Trees down along Mt. Pleasant Rd near SC 39.
April 2017Tornado (EF1)Monetta-The tornado touched down near Old Shoals Road just south of Abney Rd where it snapped numerous pine trees, resulting in EF1 damage. The tornado then weakened as it moved in a general eastward direction, snapping additional pine trees as it crossed|Shealy Pond Rd and then Alberta Peach Rd before dissipating.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Monetta-NWS storm survey confirmed trees down from an EF0 on Old Shoals, Abney and other secondary roads. There were no structures along the path.
March 2008Tornado (EF0)Monetta-Supercell coming out of southern Saluda county briefly touched down in northwest Aiken county taking down trees on hwy 39 and Mt Ebal roads.
May 2006HailMonetta-Fire dept. reported nickel size hail.
May 2006HailMonetta-Public reported quarter size hail.
May 2006HailMonetta-SKYWARN spotter reported quarter to half dollar size hail.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMonetta-Dispatch reported several trees down on Archie Ware road.
September 2004Tornado (F0)Monetta-An F0 tornado took down some trees on hwys 39 and 391.
December 2004HailMonetta-WAGT TV spotter reported 3/4 inch hail.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindMonetta-SKYWARN spotter reported some trees down in and around Monetta.
July 2003HailMonetta-Post Office reported 3/4 inch hail in Monetta.
May 2003HailMonetta-SKYWARN spotter reported 1 inch hail in Monetta.
March 2002HailMonetta-Spotter reported 3/4 inch hail in Monetta.
June 2001HailMonetta-Post Office reported 3/4 inch hail just south of Monetta.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindMonetta-EOC reported few trees down in Jones Crossroads area.
April 1999HailMonetta-A supercell storm moved southeast through Aiken county and produced hail to tennis ball size. Damage was done to homes, buildings, vehicles, and crops.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindMonetta-NWS Survey found scattered trees down along highway 39.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindMonetta-A strong downburst associated with a squall line destryoed an open end pole garage, severe damaged an outbuilding, and minor damage to roofs on poultry buildings. Several trees were also down.
May 1996Tornado (F0)Monetta-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindMonetta-no account filed
June 1995HailMonetta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Aiken 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
Jones Crossroads6.8 miles11
Camp Gravatt7.8 miles16
Oak Grove8.3 miles16
Foxtown9.7 miles16
Merritts Bridge (historical)11.2 miles16
Camp Long11.9 miles16
Plunket (historical)12.0 miles16
Barefoot12.3 miles12

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 MonettaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2032006The 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 1224618. 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.

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.