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Bullock Creek, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hickory Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29742. The Survey maps it on the Lockhart quadrangle.

Bullock Creek within York County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

57 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Bullock Creek between 1992 and 2017, burning about 425 acres in total. 8 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/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use13
Debris and open burning10
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking1

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
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1999Natural5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2002Natural15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 1999Natural46 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Bullock Creek: 7 unknowns, 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mullis MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Chester County MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dickerson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Dickerson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Dickerson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dickerson West PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Dickerson West PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sloan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Sloan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Susbybole Creek MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in York County

Storms near this place

6 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bullock Creek in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
December 2024Thunderstorm WindBullock Creek-County comms reported numerous trees blown and minor roof damage to a few homes throughout York County.
November 2016Thunderstorm WindBullock Creek-NWS storm survey found straight line wind damage, with multiple trees blown down along Highway 97.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBullock Creek-Two trees were blown down in extreme southwest York County.
March 2012HailBullock Creek-no account filed
May 2006HailBullock Creek-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBullock Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in York 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
Cotton (historical)1.7 miles16
Borax (historical)1.8 miles16
Gould (historical)1.9 miles16
Hoodtown3.2 miles16
Beauty Spot (historical)4.2 miles16
Hopewell5.2 miles16
Blairsville5.3 miles15
Sharon7.7 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 Bullock CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19874354The 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 1247063. 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.