Beaver Creek, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Elgin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29078. It stands on Rununder Branch. The Survey maps it on the Leesburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1938 USGS Hagood quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1942 USGS Camden quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Leesburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
185 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Beaver Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,006 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 17 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 | 68 |
| Debris and open burning | 67 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.9 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Other causes | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Beaver Creek: 8 unknowns, 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screaming Eagle Rd. Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Coleman Mine | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Coleman Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Duncan Lakes Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Gadsden Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Gadson Kaolin Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kershaw County Mine | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Kershaw County Mine | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Koon Clay Mine | Clay | Producer | 1981 | |
| Mac Mine | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaver Creek in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | $1,000 | Trees and power Lines blown down in Beaver Creek Community. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Creek | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Spears Creek | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Meadow View | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| McCaskill | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Green Valley | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Sumei Circle | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Jeffers Place | 6.3 miles | 23 | |
| Blaney Hills | 6.4 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1235335. 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.









