Snelling, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Kline-Snelling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29812. The Survey maps it on the Snelling quadrangle. 250 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 230 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSnelling fell from 274 to 250 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 274 | |
| 2020 | 250 | -24 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1919 USGS Allendale quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Allendale 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 Snelling quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Barnwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
184 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Snelling between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,639 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 23 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 | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snelling in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 18 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snelling | $12,000 | Sheriff reported numerous trees down in the Snelling area. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snelling | $10,000 | Savannah River Site reported a measured wind gust to 73 mph with numerous trees down on site. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snelling | $8,000 | DOT reported trees down in the Snelling area. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snelling | $4,000 | EM reported trees down on Seven Pines Road 1/2 mile north of Hwy 64. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Snelling | $3,000 | ,,,,,,,,Thunderstorm Winds Trees blown down by thunderstorm winds |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snelling | $2,000 | Dispatch reported powerlines down in Snelling. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snelling | $2,000 | County DOT reported a couple of trees down in the Snelling area. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snelling | $500 | Savannah River Site EOC reported a large tree down across the intersection of Echo and Foxtrot roads. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snelling | - | Sheriff Dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Seven Pines Rd and Pioneer Rd north of Snelling. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF3) | Snelling | - | Sentinel Satellite Data from April 13, 2020 clearly showed a damage scar beginning at the western edge of Parr Pond in the Savannah River Site and ending near the intersection of Highway 278 and State Road 21. A tornadic debris signature detected by the KCAE radar aligns with the damage scar. A ground survey also indicated a few trees down just off a field on the eastern side of Fellowship Road as the tornado dissipated. Based off of the above information and correspondence with a Savannah River Site official, it is estimated that winds reached EF-3 strength, with speeds up to 138 mph. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snelling | - | Trees down in the eastern portions of the Savannah River Site. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snelling | - | Instrument in Savannah River Site on a tower 200 feet above the ground measured a 71 MPH wind gust between 1115 PM and 1130 PM EDT. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Snelling | - | Savannah River Site reported nickel size hail. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Snelling | - | SRS reported quarter size hail. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snelling | - | DOE at the Savannah River Site reported a couple of trees down on sc125 near mile marker 5 in section D of the facility. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snelling | - | DOT reported a couple of trees down on Pioneer Road in Snelling. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Snelling | - | Emergency manager reported baseball size hail in Snelling and golf ball size hail in Barnwell. Storm survey found numerous homes had damage to siding, windows, and roofs. Auto and home windows were broken. Holes were in siding. Vehicles were badly dented. Crops were flattened and there was a blanket of leaves and pine needles that covered the ground and roadways. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snelling | - | Sheriff reported many trees down throughout the county. Two trees fell on a vehicle with no injuries. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snelling | - | Savannah River Site reported trees down on highway 125. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snelling | - | Savannah River Site reported large limbs down. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Snelling | - | Savannah River Site reported 3/4 inch hail on the east side of the facility. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snelling | - | Emergency Manager reported trees down from Snelling to Willistion. |
| December 2005 | Hail | Snelling | - | Savannah River Site reported nickel size hail. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snelling | - | State Law Enforcement reported trees and powerlines down and a tractor trailer overturned. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snelling | - | Two trees were knocked down. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Snelling | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donora (historical) | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Happy Bottom | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Patterson Mill | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Hells Half Acre | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Barnwell | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Dunbarton (historical) | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Owens Crossroad | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Long Branch | 6.7 miles | 16 |
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 Snelling | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2604298 | 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 1226722. 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.








