Blackville, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Blackville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29817. The Survey maps it on the Blackville quadrangle. 1,923 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 292 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBlackville fell from 2,406 to 1,923 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,406 | |
| 2020 | 1,923 | -483 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1923 USGS Williston quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Williston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Williston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Blackville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Barnwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
198 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Blackville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,531 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 73 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 69 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
28 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blackville in 28 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 21 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | 1 hurt | EOC reported trees down on homes. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | $46,000 | Sheriff reported numerous trees down in the towns of Blackville and Barnwell. Some trees fell through an outbuilding and into a garage apartment on Hagood Ave. in Barnwell. |
| February 2003 | Lightning | Blackville | $30,000 | A mobile home was destroyed by a fire started by a lightning strike. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | $18,000 | Edisto Electric reported powerlines down across much of northern Barnwell county. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | $15,000 | Police report tree down on car. Many other large branches down in area. |
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | $6,000 | Sheriff reported trees down in the Blackville area. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | $4,000 | DOT reported trees down near Blackville on secondary roads. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Blackville | $4,000 | Sheriff reported flooding on several roads in and around Blackville with 1 to 3 feet of water. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | $3,000 | Sheriff reported a couple of trees down in Blackville. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | - | EM reported a mobile home blown off of its foundation on Nick St, trapping a woman inside. No injuries. A tin roof was also damaged in this vicinity. Time estimated. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | - | A National Weather Service Survey Team confirmed a microburst just west-southwest|of the Town of Blackville in Barnwell County. The microburst produced winds up to 90|mph and was associated with a strong line of convection that moved across the|region during the late morning hours of January 4th. The damage occurred on the|property of the Clemson University Edisto Research facility. The microburst initially|overturned and damaged a pivot irrigation system and damaged one of the three guide |wire supports to a 50 foot tower along Pleasant Home Road. The damage continued|northeast where a cluster of trees were uprooted along the southeast side of a road|that traverses a dam along Toby Creek. The microburst continued northeast and|produced damage to a cluster of trees near a small cemetery. Approximately a half|dozen hardwood trees from oaks to cedars were uprooted. There was one hardwood|tree that was snapped and a small cedar tree that was snapped near the top at this|location. Just before the microburst ended it downed two power poles. There was no|apparent damage as the path neared U.S. Highway 78, Dexter Street. The length of|the event was just over 1 mile and the width of the damage was approximately 50|yards. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | - | Numerous trees were downed in the Blackville area. Time estimated. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | - | Multiple trees were downed in and around Blackville. Time estimated. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | - | Barnwell County Dispatch reported trees down on Dexter Street. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | - | Barnwell Co dispatch reported trees down on power lines on Hwy 304 outside of Blackville. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Blackville | - | Blackville police reported quarter size hail in town. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Blackville | - | Police reported nickel size hail. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | - | Sheriff reported several trees down along highway 3 and secondary roads. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Blackville | - | Public reported nickel to quarter size hail at Barnwell State Park. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Blackville | - | Post Office reported penny size hail beginning to cover the ground. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | - | Emergency manager reported trees down on hwy 3 north of town. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | - | Sheriff reported numerous trees down. |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | - | Sheriff reported several trees down between Blackville and Hilda. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | - | EPD reported trees on houses all around Blackville. Roofs torn off two mobile homes. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Blackville | - | EDP reported nickel size hail. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | - | Highway department reported trees down on SC highway 3. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | - | Trees down in Blackvile. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemary (historical) | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Healing Springs | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Reynold | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Walker | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Farrells Mill | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Ashleigh | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Whaley | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Hilda | 6.0 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Blackville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2464650 | 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 1246909. 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.









