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Bucklick, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ridgeway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29180. It stands on Catawba River. The Survey maps it on the Flint Hill quadrangle.

Bucklick within Fairfield County

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

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Bucklick between 1992 and 2019, burning about 249 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined30
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism6
Other causes1
Smoking1
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
28 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.6 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1999Natural11 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fairfield 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 Bucklick: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Quartz. 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
Kershaw County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Liberty Hill DepositQuartzPast Producer1954

Every working recorded in Fairfield County

Storms near this place

11 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bucklick in 11 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 2011HailBucklick$30,000Spotter reported golfball size hail near Lake Wateree.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindBucklick$6,000Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down at the intersection of Wateree Road and Shangri-la Drive.
April 2011HailBucklick$5,000Public reported nickel to quarter size hail at Suttons Landing on Lake Wateree.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindBucklick$3,000Fairfield Electric COOP reported large limbs down on powerlines along Timberlane Circle causing power outages.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindBucklick$2,000EM reported trees down on River Road at Taylor Creek Bridge.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBucklick-Lake Wateree State Park Tackle Shop reported 2 trees down within the park.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBucklick-Power lines were downed on Wateree Estates Rd. Time estimated.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBucklick-Fairfield county DoT reports trees down on River Road in Fairfield County.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindBucklick-Reports of tree limbs down in the Dutchman Creek area.
May 2016HailBucklick-Public reported quarter size hail at Suttons Landing on the northern end of Lake Wateree.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBucklick-Public reported trees down along River Road near Lake Wateree.

Every storm recorded in Fairfield 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
Biddle (historical)1.1 miles16
Taylors Creek1.2 miles16
Dutchman Creek2.2 miles16
Flint Hill3.9 miles16
Mitford5.9 miles12
Gladden Grove (historical)6.7 miles13
Longtown8.0 miles15
Colonel Creek Landing8.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227871. 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.