Pineridge, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the West Columbia-Cayce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29172. It stands on First Creek. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Columbia quadrangle. 2,167 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 262 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresPineridge grew from 1,593 to 2,167 between 2000 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,593 | |
| 2010 | 2,064 | +471 (+30%) |
| 2020 | 2,167 | +103 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1944 USGS Edmund quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Southwest Columbia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Southwest Columbia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
591 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 591 fires within 5 miles of Pineridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,376 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 41 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 | 283 |
| Debris and open burning | 106 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 85 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Pineridge: 16 producers, 12 unknowns, 6 past producers. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Thorium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Bank Creek | Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Thorium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial | |
| Cayce Silica Plant | Silica | Unknown | ||
| Columbia Pit East | Silica | Producer | ||
| Columbia Works | Silica | Producer | ||
| Hites Kaolin Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Lexington County Mine | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Lexington County Mine | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Lexington County Mines | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unidentified Mine | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Columbia Pit East | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo Gardens | 0.4 miles | 13 | |
| Arborgate | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Westcliff Estates | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Styx (historical) | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Grandview Estates | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Congaree Gardens | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| South Congaree | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Charwood | 1.8 miles | 13 |
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 Pineridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2191485 | The 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 1250127. 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.








