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Patrick, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Patrick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29584. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Patrick quadrangle. 266 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 220 feet above sea level.

Patrick within Chesterfield County

On record in Patrick

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Patrick fell from 351 to 266 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
2010351
2020266-85 (-24%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

323 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 323 fires within 5 miles of Patrick between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,055 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 35 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 burning124
Missing data/not specified/undetermined106
Arson/incendiarism35
Natural20
Equipment and vehicle use15
Smoking13
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chesterfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Patrick: 6 past producers, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Cheraw Pit EastClayUnknownSedimentary
Cheraw Pit EastClayPast Producer
Cheraw Pit WestClayUnknownSedimentary
Cheraw Pit WestClayPast Producer
Patrick PitClayUnknownSedimentary
Patrick PitClayPast Producer
Unidentified Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Unidentified Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Unidentified Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Chesterfield County

Storms near this place

39 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Patrick in 39 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 25 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 3 tornado, 2 flash 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
July 2012HailPatrick$20,000Continuous quarter size hail for about a half hour covered the ground.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPatrick$16,000Sheriff dispatch reported a tree down on a house and powerlines across Cedar Creek Road near Hwy 102.
July 2012HailPatrick$10,000Public reported quarter size hail just south of Patrick.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindPatrick$8,000Postal employee reported trees down on SC Highway 80. Shutters and shingles were blown off one home.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPatrick$4,000Sheriff reported a roof blown off a storage building and trees down along Cedar Creek Road.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindPatrick$3,000Sheriff reported trees down on Hunts Mill Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindPatrick$3,000Highway Patrol reported several trees down on Toney Mill Road just past Little Cedar Creek Bridge.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindPatrick$3,000Cheraw State Park reported a couple of trees and powerlines down.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindPatrick$500DOT reported a large tree down across US-1 near Ousleydale raod.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindPatrick$300Sherrif dispatch reported a tree down on the southbound lane of HWY 1 near BBB Circle.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindPatrick-Chesterfield County Dispatch reported trees and powerlines down on Hwy 102 near Turnage Rd.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindPatrick-Numerous trees and power lines were downed across SE Chesterfield Co. Time estimated.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindPatrick-SCHP reported tree down in roadway at Cedar Creek Rd and Underground Branch Rd. Time estimated.
June 2018HailPatrick-Public report, via social media, of quarter size hail lasting 5 to 6 minutes, about 7 miles SE of Patrick.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindPatrick-Trees down near the intersection of US Hwy 1 and BBB Circle.
May 2017Tornado (EF0)Patrick-An NWS Storm Survey Team confirmed that an EF-0 tornado touched down near L E Byrd Road and uprooted a few trees and snapped large limbs. A few farm buildings were |destroyed. A couple of single wide mobile homes experienced roof and skirting damage. The tornado was on the ground for approximately 0.20 miles and had a width of 75 yards.
February 2016Tornado (EF0)Patrick-Survey indicated that an EF0 tornado briefly touched down three separate times between the towns of Patrick and Cheraw along Highway 1. The tornado damaged several trees along with one topped tree. There was no structural damage or injuries.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindPatrick-Reported trees blocking the roadway along Hwy. 1 east of Patrick.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPatrick-Trees down on Ousleydale Rd.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPatrick-Trees and power lines down at Gunn Mill Road near Patrick Society Hill Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPatrick-Trees blocking the roadway on Ousleydale Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPatrick-Several power outages due to trees down on power lines between Patrick and Society Hill.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPatrick-Trees down along Ousleydale Rd.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPatrick-Trees down on Turnage Road.
October 2015Flash FloodPatrick-Sheriff reported several roads flooded in southeastern Chesterfield county from heavy rains.
April 2011HailPatrick-Quater size hail reported by the public.
May 2007HailPatrick-Park Service reported 3/4 inch hail.
May 2007HailPatrick-Patrick Post Office reported golf ball size hail between Patrick and Hartsville on hwy 102.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindPatrick-Sheriff reported numerous trees down in and around Patrick.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindPatrick-Sheriff reported several trees down in Patrick.
May 2004HailPatrick-Emergency Manager reported 3/4 inch hail.
September 2004Tornado (F0)Patrick-An F0 took down trees along hwy 52 north of Society Hill as the tornado dissipated.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindPatrick-Sheriff reported several trees down in the Patrick area.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindPatrick-Post Office reported large limbs down south of Patrick.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindPatrick-Sheriff reported trees down.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindPatrick-Sheriff reported trees down in and around Patrick.
April 1998HailPatrick-Post Office reported 3/4 inch hail.
July 1997HailPatrick-Post Office reports 3/4 inch hail near Plainview High School.
March 1996Flash FloodPatrick-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chesterfield 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
Bethesda4.6 miles12
Gillespie (historical)4.6 miles8
McKennon4.7 miles12
Hunts Mill6.1 miles12
Bay Springs6.2 miles12
Hunts Spring (historical)6.2 miles12
Middendorf7.2 miles12
Shiloh7.4 miles12

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 PatrickAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q366990The 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 1250033. 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.