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Round O, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Cottageville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29474. The Survey maps it on the Round O quadrangle. It stands 36 feet above sea level.

Round O within Colleton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

449 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 449 fires within 5 miles of Round O between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,979 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 56 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 burning204
Missing data/not specified/undetermined144
Arson/incendiarism56
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Equipment and vehicle use13
Smoking5
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
9 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colleton County

Storms near this place

40 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Round O in 40 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 37 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning. 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 2009Thunderstorm WindRound O$5,000Law Enforcement reported a tree and numerous power lines down on Round O Road in Round O, South Carolina.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindRound O$5,000Limbs and power lines blown down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindRound O$3,000Six trees were reported down in the vicinity of Highway 17.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRound O$2,000Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree and power lines down at 9900 Round O Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRound O$2,000Law enforcement reported trees down due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindRound O$2,000Several Trees and a Power Line were reported down in Round O, SC.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindRound O$1,000The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Wesley Chapel Avenue.
August 2023LightningRound O$1,000A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down due to a lightning strike near the 7800 Block of Round O Road.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindRound O$1,000Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree down and blocking the road at 10000 Round O Road.
January 2014Thunderstorm WindRound O$1,000SC Highway Patrol reported a tree down at the intersection of Round O Road and Cottageville Highway.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindRound O$1,000The South Carolina Department of Highways reported a tree down near the intersection of Wesley Chapel Road and Wesley Grove Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRound O$1,000A Tree down blocking 1 lane of Cottageville Highway.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRound O$1,000South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on US-17A between Round O and Cottageville, South Carolina.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindRound O$1,000Trees down within 5000-6000 block of Jacksonboro Road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindRound O$500South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at the intersection of Round O Road and Dodds Farm Lane.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRound O$500The public reported thunderstorm winds blew down a tree along Drew Hill Court, 6 miles north-northwest of Cottageville, South Carolina.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRound O$500The Colleton County Warning Point reported a tree down at the Round O post office in Round O, South Carolina.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindRound O$500The Colleton County Warning Point reported that a power line was blown down onto Round O Road due by strong thunderstorm winds in Round O, South Carolina.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindRound O$500A county official reported a tree down at the intersection of Grove Road and Monicello Lane near Round O, South Carolina.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindRound O-Colleton County Emergency Management reported a large tree down on Cottageville Highway near Burr Hill Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRound O-Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree down blocking both lanes near the intersection of Fennell Drive and Round O Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRound O-Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree down blocking the roadway near the 5000 block of Cottageville Highway. A vehicle collided with the tree at this location but there were no reported injuries.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRound O-Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree down near the intersection of Wesley Grove Road and Finlay Lane.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindRound O-A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down and blocking the road near the intersection of Round O Road and Coolers Dairy Road.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindRound O-Colleton County dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Coolers Dairy Road and Round O Road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRound O-A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of Harlequin Lane and Round O Road.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindRound O-A tree was reported down and in the roadway at Round O Road and Fennel Drive.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindRound O-A NWS employee reported numerous trees snapped off and uprooted on Highway 17A between Round O and Cottageville.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRound O-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Bodison Memorial Drive and Round O Road.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindRound O-A Colleton County emergency manager reported 4 trees and power lines down in the Round O area.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindRound O-A Colleton County emergency manager reported two trees down on Wesley Grove Road.
August 2018Heavy RainRound O-Law enforcement reported an uprooted tree along Round O road which had fallen onto power lines.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindRound O-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Wesley Grove Road between Round O Road and Song Bird Drive.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindRound O-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at the intersection of Cottageville Hhighway and Round O Road.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindRound O-A Colleton County Emergency Manager reported three trees down near Round O and Cottageville. One tree was down at the 2700 Block of Wesley Grove Road. Another tree was down at the 600 block of Griffith Acres Drive. The third tree was down near the intersection of Cottageville Highway and Burr Hill Road.
March 2005Thunderstorm WindRound O-Thunderstorm winds blew down large limbs and tree across Highway 17A.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindRound O-Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindRound O-Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindRound O-Several trees and large limbs were down.
June 1995HailRound O-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Colleton 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
Davis Hill1.3 miles17
Burr Hill1.5 miles17
Drigger Crossroads2.1 miles17
Hiotts2.9 miles17
Cottageville3.2 miles17
Gloverville3.6 miles17
Sidney4.6 miles17
Metz Store (historical)4.6 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 Round OAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3344996The 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 1226044. 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.