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North, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29112. It stands on Penn Branch. The Survey maps it on the North quadrangle. 696 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 279 feet above sea level.

North within Orangeburg County

Population over time

2 figures

North fell from 754 to 696 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
2010754
2020696-58 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

214 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of North between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,205 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 13 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 burning81
Missing data/not specified/undetermined67
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking12
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Smoking3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2014Natural1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2014Other causes3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orangeburg County

Storms near this place

46 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 36 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Thunderstorm WindNorth$20,000Mayor of Woodford reported several trees down from Woodford to North on Hwy 321 and other secondary roads.
November 1995TornadoNorth$15,000Tornado damaged mobile home and took down trees.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindNorth$8,000EM reported several trees down along Hwy 321 from North to Woodford.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindNorth$4,000Sheriff reported trees down at North road and Slab Landing road.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindNorth$4,000Aiken Electric reported several trees and a few powerlines down from the Aiken/Orangeburg county line into the town of North. There were a few power outages.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindNorth$3,000SKYWARN spotter reported trees down in the town of North and a measured wind gust of 52 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindNorth$3,000SKYWARN spotter reported trees down in north and had a measured wind gust of 55mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindNorth$3,000SKYWARN spotter reported trees down in North and a measured wind gust of 55mph.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindNorth$3,000Sheriff reported some trees down near North.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindNorth$2,000Highway Patrol reported trees down on Bull Swamp Road and Ireland Drive northeast of the town of North.
June 2013FloodNorth$2,000Observer reported 5.35 inches of rain in 60 minutes between 12pm and 1pm. Streets were flooding in the town of North.
May 2011HailNorth$2,000COCORAHS observer called and reported 1 to 2 inch hail near the town of North.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindNorth$2,000Sheriff dispatch reported trees down in the town of North.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindNorth$2,000Storm survey found several trees down along Hwy 3 west of North.
June 2013FloodNorth$1,000Police reported widespread flooding of roadways in the town of North.
September 2020Flash FloodNorth$500SCHP reported roadway flooding on North Rd at Air Base Rd. Times estimated.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNorth$100ASOS unit at North Air Force Auxiliary Field measured a wind gust of 45 mph at 1542 EDT (1442 EST).
June 2022Thunderstorm WindNorth$100Personnel at North AF Auxiliary Airfield reported a 41 knot (47 mph) wind gust at 2133 EDT (2033 EST).
May 2019Thunderstorm WindNorth$100ASOS unit at North Air Force Auxiliary Field (KXNO) measured a peak wind gust of 44 mph.
May 2017HailNorth$100COOP Observer near the town of North reported dime size hail.
November 2024Flash FloodNorth-SCDPS Website reported flooding at the intersection of Salley Road and Bedford Avenue.
November 2024Flash FloodNorth-SCDPS Website reported flooding at the intersection of North Road and Cromer Avenue.
November 2024Flash FloodNorth-Orangeburg County and SC state officials confirmed a complete breach of Etheredge Millpond dam, with an estimated time of 800am EST. A large section of Highway 178 was destroyed and washed out as a result of the breach. No other immediate direct damage from the breach was identified.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNorth-A tree was downed at the intersection of North Rd and Slab Landing Rd. Time estimated.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindNorth-SCHP reported a tree down on Bedford Ave in North. Time estimated.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindNorth-A large tree was downed in the town of North. Time estimated.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindNorth-The ASOS unit at North Air Force Auxiliary Field in North measured a peak wind gust of 50 knots (58 mph) at 1547 EDT (1447 EST).
August 2011Thunderstorm WindNorth-Sheriff Dispatch reported tree down near the town of North.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNorth-Sheriff Dispatch reported trees down in the town of North.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindNorth-North Police reported large limbs down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindNorth-Emergency Manager reported several trees down just west of North.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindNorth-Highway Dept. reported a couple of trees down on hwy 397.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindNorth-Highway Maint. reported large limbs down on Lightning Hill Road near Woodford.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindNorth-Utility company reported trees and powerlines down in North.
November 2003Thunderstorm WindNorth-Electric company reported a couple of trees down in North.
March 2003Thunderstorm WindNorth-EM reported trees down on hwy 178 west of North.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindNorth-Sheriff reported a couple of trees down in North.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindNorth-Sheriff reported trees down.
February 2000Thunderstorm WindNorth-Post Office reported large limbs down around North.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindNorth-EOC reported trees down in North and Neeses.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindNorth-Police reported trees and powerlines down.
May 1998HailNorth-Police report nickel size hail.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindNorth-Utility company reported couple of poles and powerlines down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindNorth-SKYWARN spotter reported trees down on highway 178.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindNorth-TV meteorologist reports tree tops broken off and damage to a roof on a home.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindNorth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orangeburg 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
Woodford3.6 miles13
Livingston4.4 miles13
Boiling Spring (historical)5.0 miles13
Neeses5.9 miles13
Wolfton6.6 miles13
Sawyerdale7.0 miles13
Pine Hill7.1 miles13
Oakmont8.6 miles13

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 NorthAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2856784The 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 1231596. 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.