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Saint Stephen, South Carolina

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the St. Stephen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29479. The Survey maps it on the Saint Stephen quadrangle. 1,571 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 79 feet above sea level.

Saint Stephen within Berkeley County

On record in Saint Stephen

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.

Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Saint Stephen fell from 1,697 to 1,571 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,697
20201,571-126 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

913 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 913 fires within 5 miles of Saint Stephen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,224 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 238 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/undetermined356
Debris and open burning265
Arson/incendiarism238
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Natural7
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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 2017Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2006Arson/incendiarism12 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkeley County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Saint Stephen: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
St Stephens PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gourdin Fullers Earth PitClayUnknownSedimentary
St. Stephens Brick Co PitClayPast Producer1961

Every working recorded in Berkeley 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
North End (historical)1.8 miles9
Harris Town2.0 miles9
Russellville2.7 miles9
Matassee (historical)3.0 miles9
Floricane (historical)3.2 miles9
Santee (historical)3.6 miles9
Old Peru3.6 miles9
Harristown3.8 miles9

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 Saint StephenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2920522The 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 1250704. 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.