Bascomville, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Richburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29729. It stands on Tinkers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Lawn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Fort Lawn quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
156 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Bascomville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 340 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined | 64 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Natural | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bascomville: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decker-Holway Steel--Richburg, Sc | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Dickerson Pit East | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Dickerson Pit East | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fishing Creek Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bascomville in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2016: 2 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bascomville | - | County comms reported several trees blown down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bascomville | - | A tree was blown down at the intersection of highways 9 and 99 and another was blown down near the intersection of Beaver Dam Rd and highway 99. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binghamtown (historical) | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Richburg | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Lewisville (historical) | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Fudges (historical) | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Lawn | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lake View | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Tip Top (historical) | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Lando | 5.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1220340. 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.






