Bush River, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Newberry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29355. The Survey maps it on the Bush River quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Bush River quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Bush River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 351 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 33 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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 Bush River: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newberry Quarry | Granite | Unknown | Igneous | |
| Newberry Quarry | Granite, Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Igneous | |
| Newberry Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bush River in 11 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bush River | $3,000 | Sheriff reported trees down in the Bush River Road area. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bush River | $2,000 | Highway Patrol reported trees in the road at Beaver Dam Creek Road and Bush River Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bush River | $1,000 | Dispatch reported a couple of trees down near Belmont Church Road. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bush River | $500 | Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Bush River Road. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bush River | - | Trees reported down on Beaver Dam Creek Rd. Time estimated by radar. |
| November 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bush River | - | Newberry Dispatch reported pine trees down over Floyd Rd near the intersection with Bel Ivy Rd. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bush River | - | SC DPS reported tree down on Bel Ivy Rd near the intersection with Floyd Rd. Time estimated by radar. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bush River | - | SC Dept. of Public Safety reported a tree in the roadway. Time estimated by radar. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bush River | - | SC Dept. of Public Safety reported a tree in the roadway. Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bush River | - | Newberry County dispatch reported multiple trees down along Bush River Road near Crowder Road. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Bush River | - | Public reported 1 inch hail on Garys 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1229490. 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.






