Bashan, South Carolina
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Ridgeland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29936. The Survey maps it on the Coosawhatchie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1918 USGS Yemassee quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Yemassee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Coosawhatchie quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
494 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 494 fires within 5 miles of Bashan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,672 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 107 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 | 193 |
| Debris and open burning | 155 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 107 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bashan in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bashan | $4,000 | Jasper County dispatch reported 4 power poles down in the 2000 block of West Frontage Road. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bashan | $500 | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported one tree down near Rice Shire Road and Frontage Road, 3 miles north-northeast of Ridgeland, South Carolina. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bashan | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down and in the roadway on Clover Circle near the intersection of Bees Creek Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bashan | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down and in the roadway near mile marker 25 on Interstate 95 northbound. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ricetown | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Coosawhatchie | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Gilmania | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Gillisonville | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Ridgeland | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Grahamville | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Knowles | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Murad | 5.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231032. 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.









