Red Bank, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Lexington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29073. The Survey maps it on the Lexington quadrangle. 10,924 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 341 feet above sea level.

Red Bank within Lexington County

Population over time

3 figures

Red Bank grew from 8,811 to 10,924 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	8,811
2010	9,617	+806 (+9%)
2020	10,924	+1,307 (+14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

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 Lexington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1983 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

707 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 707 fires within 5 miles of Red Bank between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,101 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 25 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	366
Debris and open burning	151
Misuse of fire by a minor	106
Equipment and vehicle use	26
Arson/incendiarism	25
Natural	8
Smoking	8
Recreation and ceremony	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Other causes	2
Fireworks	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 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1997	Misuse of fire by a minor	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:

Every fire recorded in Lexington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Red Bank: 6 unknowns, 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Thorium, Clay, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bledsoe	Sand	Unknown	Sedimentary
Casparis Stone Quarry	Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer	1902
Columbia Works	Silica	Producer
Lexington Mine	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Sox Mine	Clay	Producer	Sedimentary
Red Bank Creek	Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Thorium	Unknown	Placer , Modern , Fluvial
Twelve Mile Creek	Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Thorium	Unknown	Placer , Modern , Fluvial
Columbia Pit West	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Sedimentary
Davis Bros.Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Edmund Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Lexington County

Storms near this place

31 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Bank in 31 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 16 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 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
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Bank	$26,000	Sheriff reported trees down on a home soutwest of Red Bank.
July 2012	Hail	Red Bank	$20,000	Public reported golfball size hail falling on Hwy 6 in Red Bank.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Bank	$6,000	Sheriff reported powerlines down at the intersection of Old Orangeburg road and Bluefield road.
June 2015	Flash Flood	Red Bank	$2,000	Highway Patrol reported flash flooding at the intersection of Emanuel Church Road and Two Notch Road closing the area. Other roads were also flooded.
February 2024	Hail	Red Bank	$100	An mPING report of half inch hail about 2 miles east of Red Bank was received.
February 2024	Hail	Red Bank	$100	An mPING report of half inch hail about 1 mile east of Red Bank was received.
May 2020	Hail	Red Bank	$100	Public reported pea size hail near Hwy 6 and Old Barnwell Rd.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Bank	-	SC Highway Patrol reported power lines down in the roadway near the intersection of Two Notch Rd and South Lake Dr.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Bank	-	County Emergency Manager reported trees down on Cedarcrest Drive at Two Notch Road.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Bank	-	Trees were downed, and the roadway blocked, at Wildlife Rd and Wildlife Cir. Time estimated.
May 2021	Hail	Red Bank	-	Public report, via social media, of golf ball size hail in the Red Bank area at the intersection of SC Hwy 6 (S Lake Dr) and SC Hwy 602 (Platt Springs Rd). Time estimated.
May 2021	Hail	Red Bank	-	NWS Employee reported golf ball size hail in Red Bank.
June 2018	Hail	Red Bank	-	Dime-to-quarter size hail reported on Dempsey Drive.
June 2018	Hail	Red Bank	-	Social media report of one-half inch to quarter size hail reported at the intersection of Platt Springs Road and South Lake Drive.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Bank	-	SC Highway Patrol reported trees down near Old Orangeburg Rd and Squirrel Hollow Rd.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Bank	-	Public reported, via social media, a wooden backyard playset was lifted over a fence and destroyed, and a photo was provided. Additional reports of trees down on Old Barnwell Rd.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Bank	-	Law enforcement reported tree in the roadway at the intersection of Stump Road and Highway 6.
August 2012	Hail	Red Bank	-	Public reported quarter size hail on Brindleridge Road.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Bank	-	County Dispatch reported powerlines down near Shirway Road along with a couple of house fires due to lightning strikes.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Bank	-	Highway Patrol reported trees down at Old Barnwell Road at White Knoll Road.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Bank	-	Highway Patrol reported power lines down at the intersection of Cedarcrest Road and Two Notch Road.
October 2010	Hail	Red Bank	-	Public reported 1.25 inch hail south of Red Bank.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Bank	-	NWS employee reported trees down at Platt Springs and Kyzer roads.
March 2008	Hail	Red Bank	-	SKYWARN spotter reported penny size hail.
July 2008	Hail	Red Bank	-	Public reported penny size hail just west of Red Bank.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Bank	-	Sheriff reported trees down near the intersection of Longs Pond and Sherwood roads.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Bank	-	Public reported large limbs down on Sandy Springs Ct.
April 2005	Hail	Red Bank	-	HAM radio operator reported 3/4 inch hail.
June 2001	Hail	Red Bank	-	Spotter reported 3/4 inch hail in Red Bank.
April 2017	Hail	Red Bank	-	no account filed
April 1997	Hail	Red Bank	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lexington 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Southgate	0.8 miles	13
Land of the Lakes	1.2 miles	13
Walnut Creek	1.3 miles	13
Oakridge	1.3 miles	13
Harrisburg	1.7 miles	13
Wrenwood	2.0 miles	13
Honeywood	2.2 miles	13
White Knoll	2.2 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 Red Bank	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2048572	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 1250298. 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.