Tega Cay, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Fort Mill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29708. It stands on Allison Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Wylie quadrangle. 12,832 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 636 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTega Cay grew from 7,620 to 12,832 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 | 7,620 | |
| 2020 | 12,832 | +5,212 (+68%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1947 USGS Clover quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Clover quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Lake Wylie quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Lake Wylie quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Lake Wylie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
101 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Tega Cay between 1992 and 2019, burning about 213 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Tega Cay: 6 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Mica, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clawson Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Clawson Mine Or Sutton Mine | Gold | Unknown | 1856 | |
| Indian Graveyard Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Catawba River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Catawba River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fewell Island Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Residual, Igneous | |
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Residual, Igneous | |
| Unnamed Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Residual, Igneous | |
| Unnamed Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Residual, Igneous |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Island View Landing | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Lakewood | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Lakewood Acres | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Forest Acres | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| India Hook | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Hickory Hill | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Monterey Hills | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Belmont (historical) | 2.1 miles | 16 |
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 Tega Cay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2153250 | 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 1231854. 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.










