South Santee, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the McClellanville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29458. It stands on Bouman Branch. The Survey maps it on the South Santee quadrangle.
On record in South Santee
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Fairfield Plantationlisted 1974 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1943 USGS Santee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS South Santee quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
240 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of South Santee between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,638 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 78 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 | 86 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 78 |
| Debris and open burning | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2002 | Natural | 18 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of South Santee: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Santee Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Santee in 2 storm reports between 2004 and 2019: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Santee | - | Four trees were reported blown down at the intersection of Rutledge Road and Highway 17. |
| August 2004 | Tornado (F0) | South Santee | - | A weak tornado associated with Hurricane Charley tracked from Berkeley county into Charleston county briefly before dissipating. Trees were snapped along the tornado's path. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collins Creek | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Germantown | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Wambaw Corner | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Moores Corner | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| McClellanville | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Tibwin | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Thompson Corner | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Laurel Hill Plantation | 10.8 miles | 11 |
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 Q122592747 | 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 1230348. 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.





