Pocotaligo, South Carolina
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Ridgeland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29945. The Survey maps it on the Yemassee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1918 USGS Yemassee quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Yemassee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Yemassee quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
406 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 406 fires within 5 miles of Pocotaligo between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,554 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 134 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 | 159 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 134 |
| Debris and open burning | 78 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pocotaligo in 7 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 7 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pocotaligo | $1,000 | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree in the roadway on Kress Road near Hamilton Place. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pocotaligo | $1,000 | A large scrub Oak was reported down at the KOA Campground at Point South by exit 33 on Interstate 95. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pocotaligo | $250 | The public reported several 3 inch diameter tree limbs down at the Point South Campground, 1 mile west of Pocotaligo, South Carolina. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pocotaligo | - | Three trees were reported down on Interstate 95. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pocotaligo | - | DOT reported a tree down on Mackay Point Road. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pocotaligo | - | One tree and power line were reported down along Interstate 95 near Point South and one tree was also reported down on Pocotaligo Road. |
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pocotaligo | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and large limbs. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kress | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Gilmania | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Coosawhatchie | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Possum Corner | 6.8 miles | 19 | |
| Bashan | 7.4 miles | 19 | |
| Gillisonville | 7.7 miles | 16 | |
| Grays | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Knowles | 8.8 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231674. 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.
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.









