Wiggins, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Green Pond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29446. It stands on Chehaw River. The Survey maps it on the Wiggins quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1918 USGS Green Pond quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Green Pond quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Wiggins quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Wiggins between 1993 and 2017, burning about 275 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 May 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 65 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 April 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 March 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Wiggins: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Peat. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airy Hall Peat Mine | Peat | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wiggins in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Wiggins | $20,000 | Colleton County Emergency Management reported a road washout at 5000 Wiggins Road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wiggins | - | A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down along the 3000 Block of Wiggins Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wiggins | - | A trained spotter reported a large tree limb down on power lines along Wiggins Road. The damage caused a power outage in the area. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wiggins | - | Several trees and large limbs were down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashepoo Siding | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Bennetts Point | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Fenwick | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Hickory Hill | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Seabrook | 9.0 miles | 18 | |
| Ashepoo | 9.4 miles | 18 | |
| Green Pond | 9.5 miles | 18 | |
| White Hall | 11.2 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231924. 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.









