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Bouknight, South Carolina

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Johnston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29832. The Survey maps it on the Johnston quadrangle.

Bouknight within Edgefield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

132 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Bouknight between 1992 and 2019, burning about 594 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined57
Debris and open burning48
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry CommissionTRENTON
24 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Edgefield 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 Bouknight: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, 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
Edgefield Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous Intrusion
Unidentified Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous Intrusion

Every working recorded in Edgefield County

Storms near this place

15 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bouknight in 15 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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
April 2015Thunderstorm WindBouknight$6,000Dispatch reported trees down in various locations in the town of Edgefield including trees down at the intersection of Bouknight and Woodyard roads.
April 2015Tornado (EF0)Bouknight$5,000NWS storm survey found an EF0 tornado intermittently touched down in wooded areas from Two Mile Road to near Bland Baptist Road. One tree fell on a home causing minor damage.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindBouknight$2,000DOT reported trees down on Watson Road north of Trenton.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindBouknight$500SCHP reported a tree in roadway at Berry Farm Rd and Peach Orchard Rd near Trenton. Time estimated.
July 2017Heavy RainBouknight$100COOP observer at Johnston reported 0.95 inches of rain in less than 10 minutes.
December 2020HailBouknight$10Retired COOP Observer reported pea size hail.
May 2025HailBouknight-Public report of penny sized hail between Edgefield and Johnston. Relayed by media.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBouknight-A medium sized tree was downed on a farm about 2 miles NE of Trenton. Time estimated.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBouknight-NWS COOP Observer (JOHS1), located 4 miles SW of Johnston, measured a peak wind gust of 59 MPH (51 knots).
April 2022Thunderstorm WindBouknight-Trees reported down on Salters Pond Rd near the dam of Salters Pond. Time estimated.
May 2022HailBouknight-Report from MPing.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBouknight-Edgefield Co dispatch reported trees down on Hwy 121.
July 2016Heavy RainBouknight-Coop Observer near Johnston measured 2.75 inches of rain in just over an hour that ended just after 7 pm.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBouknight-Law enforcement reported trees down on Bouknight Road.
April 2015HailBouknight-Public reported dime to nickel size hail near Derrick Road.

Every storm recorded in Edgefield 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
Harmony0.9 miles11
Huets Crossroads2.9 miles12
Trenton3.1 miles18
Johnston3.6 miles11
Parkhill3.6 miles12
Pine House Crossroads3.8 miles18
Rotalata4.3 miles18
Edgefield4.9 miles12

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 Q122558253The 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 1231074. 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.