Wateree, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Eastover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29044. It stands on Running Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wateree quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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 Eastover quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Wateree quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
- 1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
148 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Wateree between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,880 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 37 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 | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 72 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Congaree Swamp National Park | KINGVILLE |
| 7 August 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wateree: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Thorium, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route U. S. 601 | Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial | |
| Congaree River (Sample 1) | Iron, Titanium, Thorium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial | |
| Congaree River (Sample 2) | Iron, Titanium, Thorium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial |
Storms near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wateree in 7 storm reports between 2006 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wateree | - | Tree down blocking US Hwy 601 near Bluff Rd. Time estimated. |
| October 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Wateree | - | A tornado, associated with Tropical Storm Michael, touched down near Joe Collins Rd near Wateree around 0322 EST (0422 EDT), uprooting several trees along the road. It continued northward across Reynolds Rd causing a large hardwood tree to uproot and block the road. Several other nearby trees were also uprooted, falling opposite in direction of the larger tree. The tornado continued northward across a large clear-cut forest before causing additional minor tree damage on Hallwood Rd and Alice Johnson |Rd. The tornado moved northward into Eastover where several trees were uprooted on Henry St before the tornado lifted around 0330 EST (0430 EDT). |
| September 2017 | Heavy Rain | Wateree | - | RCWINDS unit near the town of Wateree measured a total rainfall amount of 5.27 inches. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wateree | - | Reported trees down along Hwy. 601 near the Congaree River. |
| October 2015 | Heavy Rain | Wateree | - | RCWINDS Station at Wateree measured 4.49 inches of rain since midnight with a 2 day total of 8.51 inches. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wateree | - | Numerous trees down at the Kingsville Hunt Club from an intense microburst. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Wateree | - | Public reported nickel size hail in the Wateree area. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231895. 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.








