Ravenel, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Ravenel-Hollywood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29470. The Survey maps it on the Osborn quadrangle. 2,542 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 49 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRavenel grew from 2,465 to 2,542 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,465 | |
| 2020 | 2,542 | +77 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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 Cottageville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Cottageville quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1979 USGS Osborn quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
228 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Ravenel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,501 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 45 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 burning | 89 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 77 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ravenel: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravenels Quadrangle | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Beach |
Storms near this place
24 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ravenel in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 16 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Lightning | Ravenel | $5,000 | Two outdoor sheds at two different locations in Ravenel caught fire due to lightning strikes. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenel | $5,000 | Power lines down along Highway 162 near the Savannah Highway. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenel | $3,000 | Law enforcement reported several trees down along roadways in the Ravenel area. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenel | $3,000 | A public report was received of trees down and power outages at 165 High Park Road in Ravenel, South Carolina. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenel | $1,500 | A National Weather Service employee reported a 100-150 foot tall tree was blown down onto power lines along Highway 165, approximately 1 mile north of the intersection with Highway 162, near Hollywood, South Carolina. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenel | $1,000 | Tree limbs down and power outages. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenel | $500 | A Fire Department employee reported a tree down at the intersection of State Road 165 and County Line Road, 5 miles northwest of Ravenel, South Carolina. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Ravenel | $500 | The public reported that portions of Highway 165 were flooded and impassable in Ravenel, South Carolina. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenel | $500 | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenel | - | Local broadcast media relayed a report of a tree down on Hyde Park Road about 1 mile west of Kinard Road. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenel | - | The Charleston County 911 Call Center reported a tree down along Salters Hill Road near Hollywood. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenel | - | The Charleston County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on power lines near the intersection of County Line Road and Hyde Park Road. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenel | - | The public reported through local media that a small utility shed was destroyed. The shed was moved approximately 10 feet from a cinderblock foundation and collapsed. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Ravenel | - | A trained weather spotter reported dime to quarter size hail along Highway 165 near Delemar Crossroads. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Ravenel | - | A trained weather spotter reported nickel size hail in Ravenel, South Carolina. |
| May 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Ravenel | - | NWS storm survey indicates a tornado touched down 3 miles northwest of Ravenel and traveled east 1.8 miles before lifting about 2.5 miles north of Ravenel. The tornado snapped off or uprooted numerous trees. The maximum path width was 175 yds. The tornado was rated F1 with maximum winds estimated from 80 to 90 mph. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenel | - | Large limbs were knocked down along Highway 165 just south of its intersection with Highway 17. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenel | - | Thunderstorm winds caused widespread damage across the county. Trees and power lines were knocked down in Hollywood, Ravenel, Kiawah Island, Johns Island, the West Ashley section of Charleston, and in Mount Pleasant. A carport was moved 500 feet in Hollywood. |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenel | - | Trees down across Highway 165. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenel | - | Several trees were down. |
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenel | - | Large limbs and power lines down. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Ravenel | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Ravenel | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Ravenel | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capwells Crossroads | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Hollywood | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Baptist Hill | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Laroche | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Meggett | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Laurel Hill | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Jericho | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Goshen | 3.7 miles | 17 |
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 Ravenel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2324103 | 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 1225766. 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.









