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Bruner, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Horrell Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29061. The Survey maps it on the Congaree quadrangle.

Bruner within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

312 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 312 fires within 5 miles of Bruner between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2,029 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 40 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/undetermined134
Debris and open burning93
Arson/incendiarism40
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural3
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2012Other causesunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2001Debris and open burning10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland 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 Bruner: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium, Clay. 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
Myers CreekIron, Thorium, Zirconium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Unnamed Clay PitClayUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Richland County

Storms near this place

4 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bruner in 4 storm reports between 2024 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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
March 2026Thunderstorm WindBruner-SC DPS reported a tree down on the roadway at the intersection of Horrell Hill Rd and Crossing Creek Rd. Time estimated by radar.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBruner-SCDPS website reported trees down at the following locations: one in the roadway at the intersection of Air Base Rd and Crosshill Rd, and one tree in the roadway at the intersection of Horrell Gill Rd and Saddlemount Dr.
August 2024Flash FloodBruner-SCDOT had to close Air Base Road from Cross Hill Road to Horrell Hill Road due to flooding.
August 2024Flash FloodBruner-SCDOT closed he 900 block of Motley Road due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Richland 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
Horrel Hill2.1 miles17
Hopkins2.2 miles17
Pinewood2.6 miles17
Congaree2.7 miles17
Quail Creek3.4 miles17
Lykes3.5 miles17
Weston3.6 miles18
Independents3.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1247029. 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.