Beufordtown, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cordesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29453. It stands on Persimmon Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1943 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
228 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Beufordtown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,510 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 102 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 102 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 58 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | VON HOLLEN |
| 7 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | TIMBER JACK |
| 28 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | DICEY |
| 21 August 1999 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | LIGHTNING II |
| 17 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beufordtown in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2019: 5 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beufordtown | $500 | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down and in the roadway on Highway 17-A near the intersection with Beaver Dam Road. The tree came down in outflow ahead of approaching thunderstorms. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beufordtown | - | The Berkeley County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Santee River Road and U.S. Highway 17A. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beufordtown | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down at the intersection of Santee River Road and Von Hollen Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beufordtown | - | A trained spotter provided photos of three tree limbs, approximately 4-5 inches in diameter, down in the 3700 block of N Highway 17-A. A trampoline was also blown approximately one quarter of a mile by the wind. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beufordtown | - | Berkeley County communications center reported a tree down at the intersection of Von Hollen Road and Santee River Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Savanna Creek | 0.8 miles | 9 | |
| Calestown | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Jamestown | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Tiger Corner (historical) | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Washington | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Farewell Corner | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Palmerville | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Alvin | 5.9 miles | 9 |
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 Q122573004 | The 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 1229407. 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.




