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Providence, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Elloree census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29059. It stands on Jack Branch. The Survey maps it on the Felderville quadrangle. It stands 112 feet above sea level.

Providence within Orangeburg County

On record in Providence

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

313 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 313 fires within 5 miles of Providence between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,334 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 33 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/undetermined116
Debris and open burning111
Arson/incendiarism33
Equipment and vehicle use21
Smoking18
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orangeburg County

Storms near this place

14 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Providence in 14 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2013Tornado (EF1)Providence$340,000NWS storm survey found an EF1 tornado that began near Ayshire Road and Ebenezer Road. The tornado continued to move southeast across Ebenezer Road between 4 Holes Farm Road and Duncan Chape Road. The tornado continued into Dorchester County. Numerous trees and powerlines were down and three homes were damaged. Five homes had moderate damage and 28 agricultural buildings were badly damaged or destroyed.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindProvidence$12,000Electric Company reported several trees and powerlines down from south of Santee to south of Eutawville.
June 2013HailProvidence$8,000From a storm survey the public reported half dollar size hail on Ditch Bank and Ebenezer roads.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindProvidence$8,000Sheriff reported trees down in the town of Providence.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindProvidence$2,000Highway Patrol reported trees down on I-26 near mile marker 167.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindProvidence-The SC DOT webcam on I-95 near mile marker 93 shows trees down on the interstate blocking the road. Time estimated from radar.
September 2024Tornado (EF1)Providence-A long track EF-1 tornado from an outer band of Tropical Storm Helene began in eastern Orangeburg County and crossed into western Calhoun county north of Cameron Rd, just southwest of Cameron. The tornado began west of Providence near Little Bull Swamp and then continued northwest crossing Five Chop Road. Moving northwest, EF-1 tree damage was observed along Wild Hearts Road, Whisperwood Road, and Sleepy Hollow Road. The tornado then crossed Cameron Road northeast of Orangeburg. Scattered EF-0 damage was observed in Calhoun County.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindProvidence-Two trees were downed at 207 Jack Branch Rd. Time estimated.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindProvidence-Reported trees down near I-95 and US Route 176.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindProvidence-Reported trees down along mile marker 165 on the westbound side of I-26.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Providence-An EF0 Tornado snapped off a few trees and uprooted a couple of trees along a path from near Ditch Bank Road southeast across Old School House Road then across Ebenezer Road to near Fiesta Court. The estimated wind speeds ranged from 75 to 85 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindProvidence-SC Highway Patrol reported trees down on I-26 near mile marker 169.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindProvidence-Along Ennis Lane there was a small tree uprooted. There was damage to a small shed covering a water pump. Portions of a metal roof covering an open air cattle barn was damaged. There was also some damage to a corn field that was due to a microburst. There were additional small to large branches down along Ebenezer Road.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindProvidence-Highway Patrol reported trees down along I 95 between Providence and Santee.

Every storm recorded in Orangeburg 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
Dantzler2.7 miles18
Wells3.6 miles17
Whetsell4.8 miles18
Felderville4.9 miles18
Oaks Crossroads6.3 miles18
Santee6.4 miles17
Milligans6.6 miles17
Vance6.9 miles17

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 ProvidenceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7252367The 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 1242788. 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.