Neeses, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Neeses census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29107. The Survey maps it on the North quadrangle. 320 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 341 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNeeses fell from 374 to 320 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 | 374 | |
| 2020 | 320 | -54 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1946 USGS Woodford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 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
- 1983 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
264 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 264 fires within 5 miles of Neeses between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,034 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 31 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 | 113 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 64 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Natural | 23 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
28 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Neeses in 28 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1998 | Tornado (F2) | Neeses | $80,000 | An F2 tornado tracked along highway 4 near Pine Hill. It picked up 2 mobile homes, took them 35 ft into the air, and brought them down on top of a 35 ft by 75 ft cinder block building 30 yards away completely destroying the mobile homes and the building. Other damage was done to a couple other mobile and permanent homes, and also to a church roof. A second 12 ft by 24 ft cinder block building was also demolished. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neeses | $8,000 | Sheriff reported trees down in Neeses and Norway. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neeses | $4,000 | Dispatch reported trees down southwest of Neeses. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neeses | $4,000 | SCEG reported power outages due to large limbs and trees on powerlines near Neeses. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neeses | $4,000 | Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down at Keiser Brown road and Neeses Hwy. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neeses | $3,000 | Sheriff Dispatch reported a few trees down along Neeses Highway between Neeses and Springfield. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neeses | $3,000 | Highway Patrol reported trees down on Neese Highway and Juniper Street. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neeses | $3,000 | Highway Patrol reported trees in the roadway on US 321 near Neeses. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neeses | $2,000 | Dispatch reported a couple of trees down between North and Neeses. |
| November 2024 | Flash Flood | Neeses | - | Orangeburg County and SC state officials confirmed a breach of Lewis Davis Pond dam. No damage was reported as a result of the breach. |
| November 2024 | Flash Flood | Neeses | - | SCDOT closed Calvary Church Rd between Ada Rd and Chatsworth Rd due to flooding. |
| November 2024 | Flash Flood | Neeses | - | Orangeburg County and SC state officials confirmed a breach of Bolins Millpond dam. No damage was reported as a result of the breach. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neeses | - | SCHP and Emergency Management reported trees down on Neeses Hwy (SC Hwy 4) near Calvary Church Rd. Time estimated. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Neeses | - | Public reported quarter size hail at the Neeses Lawn and Garden Center. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Neeses | - | Public reported penny size hail in Neeses. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Neeses | - | Public reported quarter size hail in Neeses. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Neeses | - | Sheriff reported quarter size hail in Neeses. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neeses | - | DOT reported large limbs and powerlines down on Ida road. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neeses | - | Sheriff Dispatch reported trees down in the town of Neeses. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neeses | - | EM reported numerous trees down around the county. One tree fell on a home in Orangeburg. Two semi tractor trailers overturned on I-26 at mile marker 154, and a porch and roof were torn off of a mobile home in Bowman. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neeses | - | Sheriff reported a couple of trees down in Neeses on Tecva road. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neeses | - | Sheriff reported trees down between Neeses and Vance. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Neeses | - | Beulah Penticostal Church reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neeses | - | Trees and power lines were downed from Neeses to Pine Hill reported by EPD. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Neeses | - | EOC reported 1 inch hail in Neeses. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neeses | - | Trees were knocked down. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Neeses | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Neeses | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boiling Spring (historical) | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Livingston | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Hill | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Norway | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| North | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bolen Town | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Sawyerdale | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Creco (historical) | 7.6 miles | 14 |
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 Neeses | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2090556 | 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 1231583. 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.







