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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.

Wateree within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

148 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined51
Arson/incendiarism37
Debris and open burning25
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
29 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenance72 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1999Debris and open burning12 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1993Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresCongaree Swamp National ParkKINGVILLE
7 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Route U. S. 601Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Congaree River (Sample 1)Iron, Titanium, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Congaree River (Sample 2)Iron, Titanium, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial

Every working recorded in Richland County

Storms near this place

7 since 2006

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWateree-Tree down blocking US Hwy 601 near Bluff Rd. Time estimated.
October 2018Tornado (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 2017Heavy RainWateree-RCWINDS unit near the town of Wateree measured a total rainfall amount of 5.27 inches.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWateree-Reported trees down along Hwy. 601 near the Congaree River.
October 2015Heavy RainWateree-RCWINDS Station at Wateree measured 4.49 inches of rain since midnight with a 2 day total of 8.51 inches.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWateree-Numerous trees down at the Kingsville Hunt Club from an intense microburst.
April 2006HailWateree-Public reported nickel size hail in the Wateree area.

Every storm recorded in Richland 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
Kingville3.2 miles15
Eastover5.6 miles15
Gadsden7.3 miles18
Garners Quarter (historical)9.4 miles15
Weston10.5 miles18
Congaree10.7 miles17
Pinewood12.9 miles17
Bruner13.4 miles17

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.