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.
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
Manship Farmsteadlisted 1997
Population over time
2 figuresTatum 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 75 | |
| 2020 | 76 | +1 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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
- 1972 USGS Mc Coll quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Mc Coll quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Laurinburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
306 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 96 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 76 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | A MESS |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | ACADEMY ROAD #3 |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
8 since 2012Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tatum | $6,000 | Three power poles snapped along Mt. Zion church road near Tatum. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Tatum | $1,000 | Flooding on Hwy 401 and Hinson Farm Road. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tatum | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on Sandy Grove Rd and Hebron Dunbar Rd. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tatum | $1,000 | A large tree was in the roadway. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tatum | $1,000 | Trees down near Bennettsville. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tatum | $1,000 | A large tree was reported down near the intersection of Mt Zion Church Road and U.S. 15. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Tatum | $1,000 | Hail to the size of quarters was reported. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tatum | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on Adamsville Road at U.S. 15. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDonalds | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| McColl | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Beauty Spot (historical) | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Adamsville Crossroads | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Breeden | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Lester | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Burnt Factory (historical) | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Lake Terrace | 4.5 miles | 8 |
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 Tatum | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2162606 | 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 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.





