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Bloomville, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Manning East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29102. It stands on Spreadoak Branch. The Survey maps it on the Manning quadrangle.

Bloomville within Clarendon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

549 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 549 fires within 5 miles of Bloomville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,271 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 136 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/undetermined210
Debris and open burning168
Arson/incendiarism136
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking5
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clarendon County

Storms near this place

8 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bloomville in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 hail. 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
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBloomville$6,000Santee Electric Coop reported several trees and powerlines down in the Pompeytown Community.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindBloomville$1,000Sheriff reported a couple of trees down on Bloomville Road at Bonanza Crossing.
March 1996Tornado (F0)Bloomville$1,000no account filed
December 2020Tornado (EF1)Bloomville-A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed a weak EF-1 tornado, with|estimated maximum wind speeds around 90 mph, near Baggette Crossroads in|Clarendon County, SC. The brief tornado, lasting approximately one minute, began in a|field of pine trees east of Bloomville Road where it snapped and uprooted numerous|pine trees. The tornado then moved northeast causing damage to Holly Hill Missionary|Baptist Church on Hidden Branch Drive. Thin metal roofing was torn off part of the|church and the wall on the east side of the fellowship hall collapsed. More pine tree|trunks were snapped as the tornado crossed Hidden Branch Drive, with the tornado|eventually dissipating before reaching Brewer Road. Debris from the church was carried |approximately 0.6 miles. Clarendon County Emergency Services conducted an initial|survey of the damage and provided pictures.
March 2018Thunderstorm WindBloomville-SC DOT reported a tree on the roadway on Raccoon Rd.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBloomville-Trees downed near the community of Jordan.
May 2001HailBloomville-Spotter reported 1 inch hail in and around Bloomville.
November 1995TornadoBloomville-Tornado did minor damage to farm. Trees were knocked down. On November 7th, a squall line of severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a rapidly moving cold front and raced across South Carolina. This storm system had a 65kt low level jet at 4kft above the ground and a naturally sheared environment. Twelve tornadoes touched down in the Columbia County warning area. The greatest damage occurred with the F2 tornado that hit a poultry farm near Monetta, and at the Elloree Horse Training Center and Track where all stables and a home were severely damaged. An intense microburst also did considerable damage to many homes in Cameron. The South Carolina Insurance News Service said the storms did at least $3 million in damage to insured structures.

Every storm recorded in Clarendon 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
Baggette Crossroads1.4 miles16
Bonanza (historical)1.9 miles17
James Crossroads2.9 miles16
Wilson3.0 miles17
Jordan3.2 miles17
Country Club Estates3.4 miles16
Juneville3.9 miles16
Manning4.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227868. 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.