Santee, South Carolina
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Santee-Vance census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29142. The Survey maps it on the Vance quadrangle. 797 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 135 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresSantee grew from 740 to 797 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 | 740 | |
| 2010 | 961 | +221 (+30%) |
| 2020 | 797 | -164 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1920 USGS Eutawville quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Eutawville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Eutawville 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
- 1979 USGS Vance quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
5 photographs, 1941Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
537 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 537 fires within 5 miles of Santee between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,388 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 74 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 | 192 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 186 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 74 |
| Smoking | 40 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
34 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santee in 34 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 4 injuries. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santee | 1 killed | SC Dept of Natural Resources reported a likely weather-related fatality on Lake Marion. Six people were on a 30 foot pontoon boat heading to a landing at Lake Marion Resort and Marina in Orangeburg Co when strong winds, and waves estimated at 3 to 4 feet, associated with nearby thunderstorms, caused the boat to overturn. Five people were able to get out from underneath the boat but the sixth boater, a 59 year old male, was found unconscious and later pronounced dead. Two dogs were also lost. Time estimated. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santee | 3 hurt, $12,000 | A tree fell on a Ford Escort traveling along U.S. Highway 15 at Santee. Three people were injured. |
| July 2003 | Lightning | Santee | 1 hurt | A State Trooper was struck and injured by lightning on I-95. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Santee | $100,000 | Orangeburg County Emergency Manager reported multiple roads impassable due to flooding in and around Santee. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Santee | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santee | $4,000 | Sheriff reported powerlines down on Five Chop road. |
| October 2016 | Flash Flood | Santee | $2,000 | Reported flooding near Santee National Golf Course along Highway 6. |
| December 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santee | $2,000 | DOT reported a couple of trees down around Santee, one blocking a main road. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santee | $2,000 | Tri County Electric COOP reported large limbs down on powerlines near Santee State Park. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Santee | $100 | Dime size hail reported at Lake Marion Golf Course near Santee. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Santee | - | SCDPS reported that Bradford Boulevard is washed out near Highway 6. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santee | - | Report of numerous trees down on Five Chop Road and Old Number Six Highway. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santee | - | DOT reported a tree down on Hwy 6 in Santee near the Santee Golf Course. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santee | - | Park Ranger reported large branches down in Santee State Park. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Santee | - | Public reported nickel size hail near Santee coving the ground. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santee | - | Electric company reported trees and powerlines down from Santee to Vance. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Santee | - | Sheriff department reported half dollar size hail. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Santee | - | Bell's Marina reported penny size hail. No damage to boats. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santee | - | Public reported several trees down at the Santee golf course. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santee | - | Lake Marion Resort and Marina reported large 2-4 inch branches down around the area. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Santee | - | Santee Police reported 3/4 inch hail in town. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Santee | - | Public called in and reported nickel size hail at the intersection of I-95 and hwy 6. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Santee | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santee | - | Electric coop reported trees and powerlines down in Santee. |
| December 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santee | - | SKYWARN HAM operator reported trees down in Santee. |
| December 2004 | Hail | Santee | - | SKYWARN HAM operator reported 3/4 inch hail in Santee. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santee | - | SKYWARN spotter reported trees down in Santee area. |
| November 2004 | Hail | Santee | - | SKYWARN spotter reported 3/4 inch hail in Santee. |
| October 2003 | Hail | Santee | - | Public reported 3/4 inch hail in Santee. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Santee | - | Santee police reported nickel size hail. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Santee | - | SKYWARN spotter reported golf ball size hail. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Santee | - | Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santee | - | Mobile homes were damaged. Trees were knocked down. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santee | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parler | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Milligans | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Partersville | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Felderville | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Dantzler | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Vance | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Mill Creek | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Bull Station | 5.6 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 Santee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2182025 | 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 1231775. 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.










