Santuc, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Carlisle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29379. The Survey maps it on the Union East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Union East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
113 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Santuc between 1992 and 2020, burning about 662 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 4 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 | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | 14 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santuc in 12 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santuc | $5,000 | NWS co-op observer reported multiple trees blown down, with one on a house in the Santuc area. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santuc | - | Utility company reported trees blown down on power lines. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Santuc | - | Public reported (via Social media) golf ball size hail in the Santuc area. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Santuc | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Santuc | - | Public reported 3/4 inch hail in the Santuc community. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santuc | - | County comms reported a tree blown down across Whitney Rd (6.5 SSE) and another tree down along Berry Farm Rd (10.5 SSE). |
| March 2012 | Hail | Santuc | - | Quarter size hail was reported on Santuc Dr. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Santuc | - | Hail up to the size of quarters covered the ground. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santuc | - | A tree was blown down on Bob Adams Rd. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santuc | - | Trees were blown down on highway 215 and a gas pump was damage in the Santuck community. |
| November 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Santuc | - | Storm survey found apparent tornado northwest of Santuck with some light wind damage extending to the southeast from around Carlisle to the Chester line. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Santuc | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory (historical) | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Meador (historical) | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Red Town (historical) | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Red Point (historical) | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Carlisle | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Neal Shoals | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Ada (historical) | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Carem | 5.0 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122558916 | 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 1250785. 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.






