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Oceda, South Carolina

8 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 29510. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle.

Oceda within Georgetown County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Oceda between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,467 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 51 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
Arson/incendiarism51
Debris and open burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural7
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 2011Natural1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 July 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Oceda: 1 plant, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Georgetown QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Georgetown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jamestown PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Georgetown County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oceda in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Oceda$28,000A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team concluded an EF0 tornado briefly touched down near the Georgetown-Williamsburg County line in southwest Georgetown County, South Carolina. The maximum wind speed was estimated to 75 mph. The path length was less than one-quarter of a mile and the maximum path width was 30 yards. A dozen trees were uprooted and snapped near the intersection of Saints Delight Road and Highway 41. One home suffered minor siding and flashing damage. The tornado moved across Saints Delight Road and then lifted.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindOceda-Tree down on roadway at US-17A and SC-41. A car crashed into the tree a short time later with no injuries.

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
Lambert3.9 miles8
West Andrews7.6 miles9
Italy8.4 miles9
Lodge Hall8.7 miles8
New Hope8.8 miles8
Green Bay8.9 miles9
Puncheon Creek9.2 miles9
Sampit9.5 miles8

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.

Wikidata item Q122543074The 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 1230121. 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.