Summit, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gilbert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29070. The Survey maps it on the Gilbert quadrangle. 423 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 607 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresSummit grew from 219 to 423 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 219 | |
| 2010 | 402 | +183 (+84%) |
| 2020 | 423 | +21 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1944 USGS Gilbert quadrangle1:62500, 2 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
- 1986 USGS Gilbert quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
200 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Summit between 1992 and 2020, burning about 495 acres in total. 13 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 | 79 |
| Debris and open burning | 54 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Summit: 6 past producers, 5 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowers Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Rawl-Cotton Branch Road Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Adolphus Hite Kaolin Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Clamp Kaolin Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hoyt-Hite Kaolin Pit | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Gilbert Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Leesville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Summit Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Summit Sand Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Summit Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
6 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summit in 6 storm reports between 2015 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Summit | $100,000 | SC Highway Patrol reports road washout at Elzie Hallman Road and Pond Branch Road. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | $14,000 | Public reported broken utility poles, downed powerlines, and uprooted trees. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | Thunderstorm downburst winds knocked down numerous trees along a swath across Lexington Co SC from south of Leesville to the Lake Murray vicinity. Trees were downed on Pond Branch Rd and Davis Hite Place, on Windy Rd, on US Hwy 378 and Beaver Creek Rd, and on Shull Island near Larry Koon Landing. The roof of a structure collapsed on Bickley View Ct. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | Tree down on Lightwood Knot Rd. Time estimated. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | Numerous trees uprooted and snapped off on Dixired Rd, Buck Smith Rd, and Providence Rd in Leesville. Several trees fell onto homes. Time estimated. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | Trees down on power lines near exit 44 along I-20 south of Summit. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Murray | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Fredonia | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Clubhouse Crossroads | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Elsie | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Leesville | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Priceville | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hollow Creek | 5.6 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.
| Wikipedia article on Summit | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2242541 | 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 1231844. 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.







