Brunson, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Brunson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29911. The Survey maps it on the Fairfax quadrangle. 431 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 141 feet above sea level.
On record in Brunson
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 1 record
Oak Grovelisted 1976
Population over time
3 figuresBrunson fell from 589 to 431 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 589 | |
| 2010 | 554 | -35 (-6%) |
| 2020 | 431 | -123 (-22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1918 USGS Varnville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Varnville quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fairfax quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
211 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Brunson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 635 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 33 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 | 87 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1993 | 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
23 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brunson in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunson | $3,000 | The tops of three pine trees were blown off 5 miles northwest of Crocketville, South Carolina. Several large trees were also blown down within 1 mile of this location. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Brunson | $2,000 | Several road closures were reported closed due to flash flooding. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunson | $2,000 | A trained weather spotter reported three downed trees and numerous downed tree limbs on Prince Williams Road in Brunson, South Carolina. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunson | $1,250 | Law enforcement reported power lines down in Brunson. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunson | $1,000 | A Hampton County 911 Call Center reported a tree down and blocking both lanes near the intersection of Augusta Highway and Railroad Avenue. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunson | $1,000 | The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported one tree down in Brunson, SC. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunson | $1,000 | The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Joe Miley Road. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunson | $1,000 | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Tinker Town Road near Highway 278. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunson | $1,000 | Tree down in Brunson. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunson | $500 | Law Enforcement reported 1 tree down on Broad Road, 1 mile North Northeast of Brunson. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunson | $500 | The Hampton County Warning Point received a report of high winds lifting a trampoline up 100 feet off the ground off of Joe Miley Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunson | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Joe Miley Road and Pond Town Road. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Brunson | - | A social media report indicated penny size hail in Brunson, South Carolina. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunson | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down along Williams Street. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunson | - | The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported multiple trees down in Brunson. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Brunson | - | The public reported golf ball size hail in Brunson, South Carolina. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Brunson | - | Hail the size of golf balls severely dented at least one car. |
| September 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Brunson | - | A tornado knocked down trees in the county before crossing into Allendale county. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunson | - | Trees down. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunson | - | Large Tree down on Jerry Street. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Brunson | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Brunson | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Brunson | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halls Mill | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Richardson Crossroads | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Pond Town | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Dukes | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Cleland Crossroads | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Hampton | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Gifford | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Rouse | 5.4 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Brunson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2293591 | 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 1247030. 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.








