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Tatum, South Carolina

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the McColl census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29594. The Survey maps it on the McColl quadrangle. 76 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 194 feet above sea level.

Tatum within Marlboro County

On record in Tatum

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

Population over time

2 figures

Tatum grew from 75 to 76 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.

YearPeople Change
201075
202076+1 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

306 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 306 fires within 5 miles of Tatum between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,096 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 76 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 burning96
Missing data/not specified/undetermined85
Arson/incendiarism76
Equipment and vehicle use24
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Smoking7
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceA MESS
3 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceACADEMY ROAD #3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marlboro 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 Tatum: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Marlboro County

Storms near this place

8 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tatum in 8 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2024Thunderstorm WindTatum$6,000Three power poles snapped along Mt. Zion church road near Tatum.
August 2024Flash FloodTatum$1,000Flooding on Hwy 401 and Hinson Farm Road.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindTatum$1,000A tree was blown down on Sandy Grove Rd and Hebron Dunbar Rd.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindTatum$1,000A large tree was in the roadway.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindTatum$1,000Trees down near Bennettsville.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindTatum$1,000A large tree was reported down near the intersection of Mt Zion Church Road and U.S. 15.
April 2012HailTatum$1,000Hail to the size of quarters was reported.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindTatum$1,000A tree was reported down on Adamsville Road at U.S. 15. The time was estimated based on radar data.

Every storm recorded in Marlboro 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
McDonalds2.7 miles8
McColl2.8 miles10
Beauty Spot (historical)2.9 miles8
Adamsville Crossroads3.1 miles10
Breeden3.9 miles8
Lester4.2 miles8
Burnt Factory (historical)4.4 miles8
Lake Terrace4.5 miles8

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 TatumAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2162606The 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 1251122. 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.