THE ORANGEBURG COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Atlantic Southern Loam Plains setting.
Orangeburg County has 1,106.4 square miles of land in South Carolina. 5 mapped landscape regions meet across Orangeburg County: Atlantic Southern Loam Plains, Carolina Flatwoods, Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces, among others.
Irregular plains of sand, silt and clay support a mix of pine and hardwood landscapes. The region has more relief than the lower coastal plain, with generally gentle stream gradients.
Regional context: Southeastern Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Orangeburg County intersects 5 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Atlantic Southern Loam Plains51.2%
- Carolina Flatwoods34.1%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces7%
- Mid-Atlantic Floodplains and Low Terraces6.6%
- Sand Hills1.1%
Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain in Orangeburg County
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Orangeburg County
The atlas lists 20 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Orangeburg County, including Orangeburg, Edisto, Brookdale. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Orangeburg County by land and water
The Census records 21.5 square miles of water within Orangeburg County, or 1.9% of its total area. That share is close to Orangeburg County’s 1.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Orangeburg County has 370 times the land area of nearby Wilkinson Heights CDP (2.99 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Aiken County, Bamberg County, Barnwell County, Berkeley County, Calhoun County, Clarendon County, Colleton County, Dorchester County and other counties within South Carolina. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

