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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.

Santee within Orangeburg County

Population over time

3 figures

Santee 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.

YearPeople Change
2000740
2010961+221 (+30%)
2020797-164 (-17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

Photographs

5 photographs, 1941

Taken 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.

Cultivating a field at Orangeburg Farms, a FSA (Farm Security Administration) project where eight families were settled from the Santee-Cooper basin. Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Cultivating a field at Orangeburg Farms, a FSA (Farm Security Administration) project where eight families were settled from the Santee-Cooper basin. Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Woman who had been moved out of the Santee-Cooper basin to Orangeburg Farms, a FSA (Farm Security Administration) project in Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Woman who had been moved out of the Santee-Cooper basin to Orangeburg Farms, a FSA (Farm Security Administration) project in Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
This family was relocated at FSA (Farm Security Administration) Orangeburg Farms when they had to move out of the Santee-Cooper basin. Orangeburg County, South Carolina
This family was relocated at FSA (Farm Security Administration) Orangeburg Farms when they had to move out of the Santee-Cooper basin. Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
This family was relocated at FSA (Farm Security Administration) Orangeburg Farms when they had to move out of the Santee-Cooper basin. Orangeburg County, South Carolina
This family was relocated at FSA (Farm Security Administration) Orangeburg Farms when they had to move out of the Santee-Cooper basin. Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Woman who had been moved out of the Santee-Cooper basin to Orangeburg Farms, a FSA (Farm Security Administration) project in Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Woman who had been moved out of the Santee-Cooper basin to Orangeburg Farms, a FSA (Farm Security Administration) project in Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

537 since 1992

Regional 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 burning192
Missing data/not specified/undetermined186
Arson/incendiarism74
Smoking40
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Equipment and vehicle use17
Natural5
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burning30 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orangeburg County

Storms near this place

34 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSantee1 killedSC 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 1997Thunderstorm WindSantee3 hurt, $12,000A tree fell on a Ford Escort traveling along U.S. Highway 15 at Santee. Three people were injured.
July 2003LightningSantee1 hurtA State Trooper was struck and injured by lightning on I-95.
August 2023Flash FloodSantee$100,000Orangeburg County Emergency Manager reported multiple roads impassable due to flooding in and around Santee.
April 1995HailSantee$5,000no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindSantee$4,000Sheriff reported powerlines down on Five Chop road.
October 2016Flash FloodSantee$2,000Reported flooding near Santee National Golf Course along Highway 6.
December 2011Thunderstorm WindSantee$2,000DOT reported a couple of trees down around Santee, one blocking a main road.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindSantee$2,000Tri County Electric COOP reported large limbs down on powerlines near Santee State Park.
May 2023HailSantee$100Dime size hail reported at Lake Marion Golf Course near Santee.
August 2024Flash FloodSantee-SCDPS reported that Bradford Boulevard is washed out near Highway 6.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindSantee-Report of numerous trees down on Five Chop Road and Old Number Six Highway.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindSantee-DOT reported a tree down on Hwy 6 in Santee near the Santee Golf Course.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindSantee-Park Ranger reported large branches down in Santee State Park.
May 2012HailSantee-Public reported nickel size hail near Santee coving the ground.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindSantee-Electric company reported trees and powerlines down from Santee to Vance.
May 2008HailSantee-Sheriff department reported half dollar size hail.
June 2008HailSantee-Bell's Marina reported penny size hail. No damage to boats.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindSantee-Public reported several trees down at the Santee golf course.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindSantee-Lake Marion Resort and Marina reported large 2-4 inch branches down around the area.
June 2007HailSantee-Santee Police reported 3/4 inch hail in town.
June 2007HailSantee-Public called in and reported nickel size hail at the intersection of I-95 and hwy 6.
June 2007HailSantee-Public reported quarter size hail.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindSantee-Electric coop reported trees and powerlines down in Santee.
December 2004Thunderstorm WindSantee-SKYWARN HAM operator reported trees down in Santee.
December 2004HailSantee-SKYWARN HAM operator reported 3/4 inch hail in Santee.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindSantee-SKYWARN spotter reported trees down in Santee area.
November 2004HailSantee-SKYWARN spotter reported 3/4 inch hail in Santee.
October 2003HailSantee-Public reported 3/4 inch hail in Santee.
July 2002HailSantee-Santee police reported nickel size hail.
May 1998HailSantee-SKYWARN spotter reported golf ball size hail.
June 1998HailSantee-Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindSantee-Mobile homes were damaged. Trees were knocked down.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindSantee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orangeburg 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
Parler1.8 miles18
Milligans2.0 miles17
Partersville2.7 miles13
Felderville3.1 miles18
Dantzler3.9 miles18
Vance4.4 miles17
Mill Creek5.0 miles17
Bull Station5.6 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 SanteeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2182025The 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.