Wilkins, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the St. Helena Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29907. It lies near Goat Island. The Survey maps it on the Frogmore quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1944 USGS Fort Fremont quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Frogmore quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Fort Fremont quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Beaufort quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
51 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Wilkins between 1993 and 2020, burning about 256 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilkins in 18 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkins | $1,250 | The Beaufort County 911 Call Center reported power lines down near the intersection of Boundary Street and Wilmington Street. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkins | $1,000 | A Beaufort County emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of Middle Road and Springfield Road. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkins | $500 | Law Enforcement reported a tree down on Coosaw Island, South Carolina. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkins | $500 | A large pine tree was reported down in Rural Pines on Ladies Island. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkins | - | Beaufort County Emergency Management reported a tree down near the intersection of Middle Road and Walnut Hill Street. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkins | - | Beaufort County dispatch reported a tree down at Middle Road and Needlerush Court. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkins | - | The Beaufort County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on roadway at Francis Marion Circle. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkins | - | A Beaufort County emergency manager reported a tree down on a power line, causing a fire near the 100 block of Gannet Point Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkins | - | An emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of Coosaw River Drive and Sams Point. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkins | - | A trained spotter reported over 10 trees and large branches down near Park Square off Coosaw Point Boulevard. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkins | - | A Beaufort County emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of Alston Road and Sams Point Road. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkins | - | A Beaufort County emergency manager reported trees down on Sherman Drive. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkins | - | A Beaufort County emergency manager reported a tree down on Egret Drive. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkins | - | The Beaufort County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Middle Road and Brickyard Point Road. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkins | - | An emergency manager reported a tree down and partially blocking Royal Pines Boulevard near Francis Marion Circle. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkins | - | An emergency manager reported a tree down and partially blocking Springfield Road near Marsh Hawk Drive. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkins | - | A Beaufort County emergency manager reported trees down on houses along the 600 block of Sam's Point Road, the 20 block of Sangster Road and along Tucker Avenue on Lady's Island. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilkins | - | Beaufort County Emergency Management reported a tree blown down at the intersection of Springfield Road and Middle Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniels | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Lucy Creek | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Springfield | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Attaway | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| James Byrnes Estates | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Pepper Hill | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Marsh Hawk | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Rivers Edge | 2.2 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231925. 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.
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.








