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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1943 USGS Santee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS South Santee quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
8 of 10 photographs shown, 2017Taken 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.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Georgetown County
Fires near this place
214 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 76 |
| Debris and open burning | 61 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 58 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 181 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Santee Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Santee Quadrangle | Zirconium, Iron, Titanium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Beach |
Storms near this place
7 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | North Santee | $50,000 | Portions of Earl Road were reported flooded. |
| September 1997 | Tornado (F1) | North Santee | $50,000 | Tornado destroyed 1 mobile home and damaged 4 others. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Santee | $1,000 | Several trees down on roadways in Georgetown. |
| May 2012 | Hail | North Santee | $1,000 | Hail from nickel to half dollar in size fell on Highway 17 a few miles north of the intersection with Mt Zion Avenue. |
| December 2018 | Flood | North Santee | - | Flooding was reported on Crow Hill Drive. |
| December 2018 | Flood | North Santee | - | An elevated house was completely surrounded by water from locally heavy rain that fell into the North Santee River basin. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Santee | - | Trees down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crow Hill | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Belle Isle Estates | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Belle Isle Gardens | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| White Hall Estates | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Foster Corner | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Moyd | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lodge Hall | 8.8 miles | 8 | |
| Maryville | 8.8 miles | 10 |
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.





