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Beckhamville, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Great Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29055. It stands on Little Rocky Creek. The Survey maps it on the Great Falls quadrangle.

Beckhamville within Chester County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

120 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Beckhamville between 1992 and 2018, burning about 614 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined38
Debris and open burning29
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural7
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism24 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2007Smoking1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chester County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Beckhamville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mitford QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unidentified Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusive

Every working recorded in Chester County

Storms near this place

11 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beckhamville in 11 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2020Tornado (EF1)Beckhamville$100,000NWS storm survey found a second tornado developed across southeast Chester County, beginning along Old Catholic Church Rd, a little over a mile south of Highway 97, or just west of I-77. The tornado initially moved east, crossing Interstate 77, and downing trees and snapping large limbs across Mountain Gap Road, Ross Dye Road and Georgetown Road, before turning southeast. The tornado crossed Highway 21 into the town of Great Falls and produced additional tree damage along Walnut Street, Hampton Street, Duke Street, and Republic Street. A house on Republic St received significant damage from a fallen tree. The tornado moved over the Catawba River southeast of Great Falls, crossing Big Island and Pickett Island before moving into southwest Lancaster County, where the tornado strengthened.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBeckhamville-County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down from the Beckhamville community northeast to the Catawba River.
May 2022Tornado (EF0)Beckhamville-NWS storm survey found the short path of a weak tornado that touched down near Dewitt Rd between Mathis Dr and Ross Dye Rd and moved north-northeast, snapping numerous tree limbs and uprooting a few trees.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindBeckhamville-Spotter reported trees and power lines blown down in the area around the Chester Ave and Francis Ave intersection.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBeckhamville-County comms reported a couple of trees blown down west of Great Falls.
July 2013Flash FloodBeckhamville-Stroud Road was washed out near the intersection of Richburg Road. Deer Branch Road at highway 21 was also flooded (5 N Great Falls) as were sections of highway 21 about 3 miles north of Great Falls.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindBeckhamville-Trees were blown down on Ross Dye Rd and also on Golf Course Rd in the same area.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindBeckhamville-A few trees were blown down along Catawba River Rd next to Fishing Creek Lake.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBeckhamville-A few trees were blown down with at least one on power lines a little to the north of Great Falls.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBeckhamville-Trees were blown down on highway 97 near Great Falls.
April 2009HailBeckhamville-Hail reported on Old Catholic Church Rd.

Every storm recorded in Chester County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Nitrolee0.9 miles12
Great Falls1.4 miles12
Caldwell Crossroad3.0 miles12
Rossville4.0 miles12
Lake View4.2 miles12
Fort Lawn7.8 miles12
Bascomville8.1 miles12
Wellridge8.5 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122540459The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1245030. 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.