Brockington, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Cades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29518. The Survey maps it on the Kingstree quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1946 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
762 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 762 fires within 5 miles of Brockington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,365 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 187 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 | 283 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 258 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 187 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | GAUSETOWN |
| 25 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Brockington: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| McKenzie Pit # 2 | Sand | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| McKenzie Pit # 2 | Sand | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brockington in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockington | $5,000 | Trees were reported down along Highway 52. The report was relayed through the Williamsburg County 911 Center. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Acres | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Cades | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Clarks Crossroads | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Kingstree | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Fowler | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hogeye Crossroads | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Baker Crossroads | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Nexsen (historical) | 6.4 miles | 8 |
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 Q122597716 | 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 1231088. 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.





