Bucksville, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Conway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29527. The Survey maps it on the Bucksville quadrangle.
On record in Bucksville
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 2 records
Buck's Upper Mill Farmlisted 1982
Hebron Churchlisted 1977
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1943 USGS Bucksville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
179 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Bucksville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,574 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 37 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 | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2002 | Natural | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 Bucksville: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socastee Pit | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Asphalt Products Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant Number 9 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bucksville in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2026: 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Lightning | Bucksville | $5,000 | Lightning struck a home on Farrier Drive, causing damage and displacing three people. |
| July 2013 | Heavy Rain | Bucksville | - | Heavy rain produced minor flooding on Debbie Lane. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rheuark Landing | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Keys Field | 1.7 miles | 9 | |
| Peachtree Landing | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Toddville | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Enterprise Landing | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Klondike | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Coopers | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Port Harrelson (historical) | 4.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1247045. 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.




