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Shiloh, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Shiloh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29080. It stands on Hope Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Turbeville quadrangle. 168 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Shiloh within Sumter County

Population over time

3 figures

Shiloh fell from 259 to 168 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
2000259
2010214-45 (-17%)
2020168-46 (-21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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.

Fires near this place

459 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 459 fires within 5 miles of Shiloh between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,141 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 122 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/undetermined156
Debris and open burning153
Arson/incendiarism122
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shiloh: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Columbia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Sumter County

Storms near this place

19 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shiloh in 19 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2012LightningShiloh$1,300,000The Item reported that the Shiloh United Methodist Church, built in 1831, was destroyed by fire. Damage estimates were at 1.3 million dollars.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Shiloh$18,000Emergency Manager reported trees down on Forge road and Pudding Swamp road in the Shiloh Community from an EF0 tornado.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindShiloh$4,000Public reported trees down off Goodman Road near Bill Lane.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindShiloh$3,000Sheriff reported trees down on Pudding Swamp Road and Woodsbay Road.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindShiloh$3,000Public reported several trees down on Hwy 53.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindShiloh$2,000Sheriff reported trees down at the 1200 block of Pleasant Grove road.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindShiloh-A trained spotter reported a large tree limb from an Oak Tree fell on a property along Trinity Rd at Twomile Rd.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindShiloh-SC Highway Patrol reported trees down on Trinity Road at Pleasant Grove Road. Time estimated by radar.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindShiloh-SCHP reported trees down and roadway blocked at Trinity Rd and McKnight Rd. Time estimated.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindShiloh-Trees down on Woods Bay Rd. Time estimated.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindShiloh-Tree down on Pudding Swamp Rd.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindShiloh-SCHP reported trees down on Interstate 95 southbound between mile markers 139 and 141. Time estimated.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindShiloh-Sumter Co dispatch reported tree down on I-95 at mile marker 139 northbound. Time estimated based on radar.
May 2016HailShiloh-Park personnel reported dime size hail at Woods Bay State Natural Area.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindShiloh-South Carolina Highway Patrol reports trees down on Interstate 95 southbound near mile markers 137-138.
April 2012HailShiloh-Clarendon County Fire Dept. reported quarter size hail on I-95.
April 2012HailShiloh-Public reported 1 inch hail along Hwy 53 east of Mayesville.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindShiloh-Dispatch reported a couple of trees down on highway 53.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindShiloh-DOT reported numerous trees down countywide.

Every storm recorded in Sumter 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
Trinity Cross Roads2.4 miles16
Pleasant Grove3.6 miles16
Norwood Crossroad5.6 miles8
Hobbs Crossroads6.7 miles10
Scottsville6.8 miles17
Mayesville9.4 miles17
Brunsons Store11.0 miles17
Shaws Crossroads11.9 miles16

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 ShilohAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1894110The 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 1226563. 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.

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.