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.
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.
St. Stephen's Episcopal ChurchNational Historic Landmark · listed 1970 · 0.3 miles away
Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records
- House, East of Railroad Tracks, Saint Stephenfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- St. Stephen's Church (Episcopal), Saint Stephenfederal building survey, 22 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresSaint 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,697 | |
| 2020 | 1,571 | -126 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1943 USGS Bonneau quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS St. Stephen quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
913 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 356 |
| Debris and open burning | 265 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 238 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Stephens Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gourdin Fullers Earth Pit | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| St. Stephens Brick Co Pit | Clay | Past Producer | 1961 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North End (historical) | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Harris Town | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Russellville | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Matassee (historical) | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Floricane (historical) | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Santee (historical) | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Old Peru | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Harristown | 3.8 miles | 9 |
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 Stephen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2920522 | 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 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.





