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North Santee, South Carolina

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sampit-North Santee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29440. It stands on Bonny Clabber Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Santee quadrangle.

North Santee within Georgetown County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

Photographs

8 of 10 photographs shown, 2017

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Great house and grounds at Hopsewee Plantation, near the settlement of North Santee, along the Santee River in Georgetown County, South Carolina
Great house and grounds at Hopsewee Plantation, near the settlement of North Santee, along the Santee River in Georgetown County, South Carolina
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
The great house at Hopsewee Plantation, near the settlement of North Santee, along the Santee River in Georgetown County, South Carolina
The great house at Hopsewee Plantation, near the settlement of North Santee, along the Santee River in Georgetown County, South Carolina
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Slave quarters at Hopsewee Plantation, near the settlement of North Santee, along the Santee River in Georgetown County, South Carolina
Slave quarters at Hopsewee Plantation, near the settlement of North Santee, along the Santee River in Georgetown County, South Carolina
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Birdhouse at Hopsewee Plantation, near the settlement of North Santee, along the Santee River in Georgetown County, South Carolina
Birdhouse at Hopsewee Plantation, near the settlement of North Santee, along the Santee River in Georgetown County, South Carolina
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Grounds at Hopsewee Plantation, near the settlement of North Santee, along the Santee River in Georgetown County, South Carolina
Grounds at Hopsewee Plantation, near the settlement of North Santee, along the Santee River in Georgetown County, South Carolina
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Old well covering at Hopsewee Plantation, near the settlement of North Santee, along the Santee River in Georgetown County, South Carolina
Old well covering at Hopsewee Plantation, near the settlement of North Santee, along the Santee River in Georgetown County, South Carolina
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Fireplace inside the slave quarters at Hopsewee Plantation, near the settlement of North Santee, along the Santee River in Georgetown County, South Carolina
Fireplace inside the slave quarters at Hopsewee Plantation, near the settlement of North Santee, along the Santee River in Georgetown County, South Carolina
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
The great house at Hopsewee Plantation, near the settlement of North Santee, along the Santee River in Georgetown County, South Carolina
The great house at Hopsewee Plantation, near the settlement of North Santee, along the Santee River in Georgetown County, South Carolina
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Georgetown County

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 Santee between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,321 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 58 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/undetermined76
Debris and open burning61
Arson/incendiarism58
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural5
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
26 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2005Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2011Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2000Debris and open burning181 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Georgetown County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of North Santee: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zirconium, Iron, Titanium, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
North Santee MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Santee QuadrangleZirconium, Iron, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Beach

Every working recorded in Georgetown County

Storms near this place

7 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Santee in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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
October 2015Flash FloodNorth Santee$50,000Portions of Earl Road were reported flooded.
September 1997Tornado (F1)North Santee$50,000Tornado destroyed 1 mobile home and damaged 4 others.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindNorth Santee$1,000Several trees down on roadways in Georgetown.
May 2012HailNorth Santee$1,000Hail from nickel to half dollar in size fell on Highway 17 a few miles north of the intersection with Mt Zion Avenue.
December 2018FloodNorth Santee-Flooding was reported on Crow Hill Drive.
December 2018FloodNorth Santee-An elevated house was completely surrounded by water from locally heavy rain that fell into the North Santee River basin.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindNorth Santee-Trees down.

Every storm recorded in Georgetown 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
Crow Hill1.2 miles9
Belle Isle Estates6.3 miles10
Belle Isle Gardens6.5 miles10
White Hall Estates6.6 miles10
Foster Corner6.7 miles8
Moyd7.7 miles10
Lodge Hall8.8 miles8
Maryville8.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1230109. 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.