BlockBordeaux, South Carolina
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Mount Carmel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29835. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Willington quadrangle.
On record in Bordeaux
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Gibert, John Albert, M.D., Houselisted 1993 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1892 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1912 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Willington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Bordeaux between 1992 and 2020, burning about 780 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 19 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 | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| 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 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 97 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | LITTLE RIVER FIRE |
| 13 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | 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
16 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bordeaux in 16 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bordeaux | $12,000 | Sheriff reported trees down on power lines and a couple down on John De La Howe School on Hwy 81. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bordeaux | $4,000 | Dispatch reported trees down on Huguenot Pkwy at Jacque Circle and on Hwy 28 at Taylor Creek. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bordeaux | $2,000 | EM reported trees down on Morrah Bridge road. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Bordeaux | $10 | Nickel size hail reported by an employee at Hickory Knob State Park. Time estimated. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bordeaux | - | Trees were downed across the Savannah Lakes area in the vicinity of US Hwy 378 and SC Hwy 7. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bordeaux | - | Social media report of downed trees near the intersection of Sweet Gum Loop and Lake Ridge Drive. Time estimated by radar. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bordeaux | - | McCormick County Sheriff's Office reported widespread trees down across the county with the worst damage in the Sandy Branch area of McCormick. Time estimated by radar. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bordeaux | - | McCormick County officials reported 1 tree on a house and 17 trees down across the Savannah Lakes Subdivision roadways. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bordeaux | - | Numerous trees were downed across the county from the Savannah Lakes Village south to near the Georgia state line on Hwy 28 S. Over 70 trees were downed onto roadways. One tree fell on a vehicle at an unknown location. No reported injuries. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bordeaux | - | Tree down on a power line at 4200 Hwy 28 N, near Wideman Cemetery Road. Time estimated by radar. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bordeaux | - | McCormick dispatch reported trees down on Country Club Dr at Hwy 7. Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bordeaux | - | McCormick Co dispatch reported 3 trees down at Gettys Rd and Hwy 81, in the Lethia area, between McCormick and Mt Carmel. Time estimated. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bordeaux | - | Multiple trees down across the northern portion of McCormick Co. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bordeaux | - | A tree fell down on a power line in a yard along Gartrell Rd. The line sparked and the fire dept responded. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bordeaux | - | Trees down in Savannah Lakes Village. |
| November 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Bordeaux | - | An F0 tornado took down trees and powerlines in rural McCormick 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lethia | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Buffalo | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Willington | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Cedar Hill | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| McCormick | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Bradley Corner | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Carmel | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Calhoun Mill | 7.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1246947. 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.