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Woodfield, South Carolina

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29223. It stands on Little Jackson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Jackson North quadrangle. 9,199 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 344 feet above sea level.

Woodfield within Richland County

Population over time

2 figures

Woodfield fell from 9,303 to 9,199 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.

YearPeople Change
20109,303
20209,199-104 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

119 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Woodfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 492 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined59
Misuse of fire by a minor29
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning7
Smoking7
Natural2
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.8 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1997Smoking1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Woodfield: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pontiac Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Smith Properties MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Carolina Ceramics Shale PitClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Haskell Clay MineClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Pontiac MillClayPast Producer
Richland County MinesClayProducer
Stork Firebrick Works PitClayPast ProducerKaolin
Unnamed Clay Pit.ClayUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Richland County

Storms near this place

27 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodfield in 27 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 12 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2015Flash FloodWoodfield$1,000,000SC Highway Patrol reports Percival Road at I-77 closed due to flooding.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWoodfield$900,000Fire Dept. reported numerous trees on homes in the Greenview area of Columbia on over to Ft. Jackson.
October 2015Flash FloodWoodfield$250,000SC Highway Patrol reports roadway flooding on I-77 at mile marker 13.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWoodfield$20,000Trees down in the roadway on Bluff road, Pineview road, Montgomery road, Amicks Ferry road, 155 Newberry Drive, and Lynch road. A tree was also down on I-20 east bound at the 67 mile marker.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWoodfield$20,000Sheriff reported numerous trees and powerlines down in Columbia and Dentsville.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWoodfield$10,000Highway Patrol reported numerous trees down in the northeast Columbia area.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindWoodfield$5,000Utility Company reported power outages and lines down on Grebeck Drive and Mokernut Ave.
June 2013FloodWoodfield$1,000Columbia Police Dept. reported flooding in areas around Two Notch Road around the 9000 block.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindWoodfield$500Highway Patrol reported a tree across the intersection of Faraway and Height roads.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWoodfield$500Highway Patrol reoprted a tree in the road near SC 277 and Bull Street.
May 2017Flash FloodWoodfield$100Flash flooding reported on Percival Rd at Northshore Rd at Gills Creek.
May 2022HailWoodfield$10MPING report of pea sized hail in Forest Acres.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWoodfield-SCHP reported trees down at Overhill Rd and Sigma Ct. Time estimated.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWoodfield-SCHP reported a tree down on I-77 near mile marker 15. Time estimated.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindWoodfield-Tree in roadway at Robinwood Rd and Lake Shore Dr. Time estimated.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindWoodfield-Fort Jackson reported two trees down along with several power outages.
August 2014HailWoodfield-Quarter size hail was reported at WLTX TV station and dime size hail was seen at the VA hospital.
July 2012HailWoodfield-Columia Police reported quarter size hail on Two Notch Road.
July 2012HailWoodfield-Public reported quarter size hail.
July 2012HailWoodfield-SKYWARN spotter reported ping pong ball size hail near Lower Richland High School.
July 2012HailWoodfield-Public reported nickel to quarter size hail falling for about 10 minutes in the vicinity of Assembly and Blossom streets.
July 2012HailWoodfield-Public reported quarter size hail at the intersection of Assembly Street and Blossom Street.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindWoodfield-Trees down at the intersection of 1700 block of Fairlamb Avenue and Percival Road.
May 2011HailWoodfield-Shaw meteorologist reported 1 inch hail near Highway 378 just east of Columbia.
June 2011HailWoodfield-Public reported quarter size hail on the USC campus.
June 2011HailWoodfield-Public reported 1 inch hail.
June 2011HailWoodfield-One inch hail reported by public in Columbia.

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
Woodfield Park0.5 miles24
Huntington0.6 miles24
Tanglewood0.6 miles24
Drexel Lake Hills0.8 miles24
Windsor Lake Park1.0 miles24
East Lake Hills1.2 miles24
Sandwood1.2 miles24
Wedgewood1.4 miles24

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 WoodfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2174955The 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 1867534. 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.