United States Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service		 South Carolina Go to Accessibility Information
Skip to Page Content





2006 Conservation Security Program – Lower Pee Dee Watershed

The Lower Pee Dee Watershed straddles the North and South Carolina line in the Northeast corner of South Carolina. The total estimated area in the watershed is 1,805,000 acres.  The watershed area is located in the Coastal Plain of North and South Carolina. This watershed consists of Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Marlboro, and Williamsburg Counties in South Carolina, and Anson, Richmond, Scotland and Union Counties in North Carolina.

In the cropland areas of the watershed there are 1,766 farms covering 521,539 acres (excluding CRP acreage). Primary crops include corn, soybeans, cotton, tobacco, wheat, rye (grain), and hybrid Bermuda grass for hay, with a significant number of poultry operations in North Carolina. The central and eastern portions of the watershed encompass a significant portion of the cotton and tobacco production area in South Carolina.

Land Cover/Use
Land Use Total Acres South Carolina Acres North Carolina Acres
Cropland 370,000 315,300 54,700
Pasture 81,400 62,500 18,900
Forest 1,069,700 875,900 194,700
Developed 128,000 94,400 33,600
Water 34,800 29,800 5,000
Other 120,200 119,000 1,200
Total 1,805,000 1,496,900 308,100


Watershed Map

This document requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Lower Pee Dee Watershed Map (439 KB) 


CSP Stewardship Payments

Land Use Tier 1 Tier II Tier III
Cropland $0.41 acre $1.65 acre $3.71 acre
Irrigated Cropland $0.58 acre $2.30 acre $5.18 acre
Pastureland $0.26 acre $1.05 acre $2.36 acre

Existing Practice Payments

Land Use Tier 1 Tier II Tier III
Cropland $0.10 acre $0.41 acre $0.93 acre
Irrigated Cropland $0.14 acre $0.58 acre $1.29 acre
Pastureland $0.07 acre $0.26 acre $0.59 acre


Informational Meetings & Contact Information

 • Informational Meetings 2006 To be announced

National 2006 CSP Watershed Page

Contact Information

County Telephone Number Address E-mail
Anson County, NC 704-694-3516 1758 Morven Rd.
Wadesboro, NC 28170		 stephanie.goglia@nc.usda.gov
Chesterfield County, SC 843-623-2187 ext. 107 Ag. Building
106 Scotch Road
Chesterfield, SC 29709		 charles.babb@sc.usda.gov
Darlington County, SC 843-393-0483 ext. 109 300 Russell St,
Room 228
Darlington, SC 29532		 wayne.cowell@sc.usda.gov
Dillon County, SC 843-774-5122 ext. 110 106 West
Washington Street
Dillon, SC 29536		 jimmie.harris@sc.usda.gov
Florence County, SC 843-669-9686 ext. 114 215 Third Loop Road,
Suite 300
Florence, SC 29505		 lynette.savereno@sc.usda.gov
Georgetown County, SC 843-546-7808 ext. 129 1837 N. Fraser St.
Georgetown, SC 29440		 debbie.mann@sc.usda.gov
Horry County, SC 843-365-8732 ext. 243 1949 Industrial Park Rd, Room 125
Conway, SC 29526		 alex.johnson@sc.usda.gov
Marion County, SC 843-423-0223 ext. 102 119 Palmetto Pointe Road, Suite A
Marion, SC 29571		 rebecca.harper@sc.usda.gov
Marlboro County, SC 843-479-4552 ext. 115 210 Throop Street
Bennettsville, SC 29512		 teresa.babb@sc.usda.gov
Richmond County, NC 910-997-8244 123 Caroline Street, Suite 300
Rockingham, NC 28379		 vilma.mendez@nc.usda.gov
Scotland County, NC 910-277-2433 Scotland County Governmental Annex, Suite 400
231 East Cronly St.
Laurinburg, NC  28352		 dana.ashford@nc.usda.gov
Union County, NC 704-289-3212 604 Lancaster Ave.
Monroe, NC 28112		 mark.ferguson@nc.usda.gov
Williamsburg County, SC 843-354-9622 ext. 114 502 Martin Luther King Hwy,
Kingstree, SC 29556		 trinette.vereen@sc.usda.gov


< Back to Conservation Security Program, South Carolina