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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.

Brunson within Hampton County

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

Population over time

3 figures

Brunson 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.

YearPeople Change
2000589
2010554-35 (-6%)
2020431-123 (-22%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

211 since 1992

Regional 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 burning87
Missing data/not specified/undetermined55
Arson/incendiarism33
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 September 2018Natural1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hampton County

Storms near this place

23 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2008Thunderstorm WindBrunson$3,000The 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 2013Flash FloodBrunson$2,000Several road closures were reported closed due to flash flooding.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindBrunson$2,000A trained weather spotter reported three downed trees and numerous downed tree limbs on Prince Williams Road in Brunson, South Carolina.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBrunson$1,250Law enforcement reported power lines down in Brunson.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindBrunson$1,000A Hampton County 911 Call Center reported a tree down and blocking both lanes near the intersection of Augusta Highway and Railroad Avenue.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBrunson$1,000The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported one tree down in Brunson, SC.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBrunson$1,000The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Joe Miley Road.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindBrunson$1,000The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Tinker Town Road near Highway 278.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBrunson$1,000Tree down in Brunson.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindBrunson$500Law Enforcement reported 1 tree down on Broad Road, 1 mile North Northeast of Brunson.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindBrunson$500The 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 2022Thunderstorm WindBrunson-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Joe Miley Road and Pond Town Road.
December 2021HailBrunson-A social media report indicated penny size hail in Brunson, South Carolina.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindBrunson-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down along Williams Street.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindBrunson-The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported multiple trees down in Brunson.
July 2009HailBrunson-The public reported golf ball size hail in Brunson, South Carolina.
February 2005HailBrunson-Hail the size of golf balls severely dented at least one car.
September 2004Tornado (F0)Brunson-A tornado knocked down trees in the county before crossing into Allendale county.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindBrunson-Trees down.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindBrunson-Large Tree down on Jerry Street.
May 2006HailBrunson-no account filed
May 2003HailBrunson-no account filed
May 1998HailBrunson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hampton 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
Halls Mill1.6 miles16
Richardson Crossroads1.9 miles16
Pond Town2.8 miles16
Dukes3.3 miles16
Cleland Crossroads3.8 miles16
Hampton4.6 miles16
Gifford5.3 miles16
Rouse5.4 miles15

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 BrunsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2293591The 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.