Sawyerdale, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Springfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29112. The Survey maps it on the Harleys Millpond quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1946 USGS Woodford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 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
- 1983 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Harleys Millpond quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
169 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Sawyerdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,331 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 15 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 | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 53 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1999 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sawyerdale in 8 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Flood | Sawyerdale | - | Orangeburg county EM reports Salley Road flooded with 2 feet of water and closed. |
| May 2025 | Flood | Sawyerdale | - | Emergency manager reported that Ninety-Six Road was closed due to flooding near the 1300 block. |
| November 2024 | Flash Flood | Sawyerdale | - | Orangeburg County and SC state officials confirmed a breach of Busbees Pond dam. No damage was reported as a result of the breach. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sawyerdale | - | Trees down on Ninety 6 Rd and Eugene St. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sawyerdale | - | Trees down along Salley Rd near the town of North. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sawyerdale | - | SCHP reported trees down on Salley Rd at Williamson Johnson Rd. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Sawyerdale | - | Public reported quarter size hail along Salley, Brim, and Van Pond roads. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Sawyerdale | - | Convenience store reported quarter size hail which covered the ground of some nearby homes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Springfield | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Neeses | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| North | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Boiling Spring (historical) | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Woodford | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Hill | 10.8 miles | 13 | |
| Norway | 11.1 miles | 14 |
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 Q122546177 | 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 1242840. 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.







