Society Hill, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Society Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29593. It stands on Spot Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Society Hill quadrangle. 438 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 167 feet above sea level.
On record in Society Hill
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Japonica Halllisted 1989
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Cedar Grove, Route 2, Society Hillfederal building survey, 3 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresSociety Hill fell from 563 to 438 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 | 563 | |
| 2020 | 438 | -125 (-22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1942 USGS Rockingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Society Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Laurinburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
1 photograph,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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
214 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Society Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,238 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 31 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 | 72 |
| Debris and open burning | 72 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Society Hill: 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Iron, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Creek | Titanium, Iron | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial | |
| Unidentified Clay Mine | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Unidentified Gravel Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Unidentified Sand Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
24 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Society Hill in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Society Hill | $15,000 | General public reported power lines down and part of a mobile home roof blown off, damaging a car. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Society Hill | $10,000 | South Main Street closed due to flash flooding. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Society Hill | $10,000 | Hail to the size of golf balls was reported. |
| September 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Society Hill | $10,000 | Tornado snapped several trees, and caused damage to a roof of a home. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Society Hill | $5,000 | Several trees were reported down along U.S. 52. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Society Hill | $3,000 | Trees were reported down on Westwood Circle. |
| December 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Society Hill | $3,000 | Trees were reported down at Bellevue Plantation Near Highway 52. The report was initially provided by the South Carolina Highway Patrol and then relayed via WMBF-TV. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Society Hill | $1,000 | A tree was reported down at the intersection of Bushy Bay Road and Dundee Drive. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Society Hill | $1,000 | A tree was reported down along U.S. 15. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Society Hill | - | Trees and power lines down near Hwy 52 and Burlington Dr. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Society Hill | - | Trees were blown down. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Society Hill | - | A large tree fell on power lines. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Society Hill | - | Golfball size hail fell. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Society Hill | - | The AWOS at the Darlington Jetport measured a 58 mph wind gust. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Society Hill | - | Penny size hail was reported in town, with golfball size hail reported on Hwy 52. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Society Hill | - | Golfball size hail was reported on Lumber Rd. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Society Hill | - | Trees down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Society Hill | - | Skywarn reported trees down. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Society Hill | - | A measured 59 mph wind gust was recorded at the KUDG AWOS. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Society Hill | - | Emergency manager reported dime size hail in Society Hill. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Society Hill | - | Numberous trees down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Society Hill | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Society Hill | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Society Hill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plumfield Landing | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Robbins Neck | 4.1 miles | 6 | |
| Gandy | 4.9 miles | 6 | |
| Lumber (historical) | 6.9 miles | 6 | |
| Antioch | 7.1 miles | 6 | |
| Greenplains (historical) | 7.3 miles | 6 | |
| Dovesville | 8.0 miles | 6 | |
| Mont Clare | 8.1 miles | 6 |
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 Society Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1869186 | 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 1250950. 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.




