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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.

Bush River within Newberry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

64 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined33
Natural9
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Arson/incendiarism3
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
28 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2020Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2007Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newberry County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Newberry QuarryGraniteUnknownIgneous
Newberry QuarryGranite, Stone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous
Newberry QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newberry County

Storms near this place

11 since 2011

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBush River$3,000Sheriff reported trees down in the Bush River Road area.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBush River$2,000Highway Patrol reported trees in the road at Beaver Dam Creek Road and Bush River Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBush River$1,000Dispatch reported a couple of trees down near Belmont Church Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBush River$500Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Bush River Road.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindBush River-Trees reported down on Beaver Dam Creek Rd. Time estimated by radar.
November 2025Thunderstorm WindBush River-Newberry Dispatch reported pine trees down over Floyd Rd near the intersection with Bel Ivy Rd.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBush River-SC DPS reported tree down on Bel Ivy Rd near the intersection with Floyd Rd. Time estimated by radar.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBush River-SC Dept. of Public Safety reported a tree in the roadway. Time estimated by radar.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBush River-SC Dept. of Public Safety reported a tree in the roadway. Time estimated by radar.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBush River-Newberry County dispatch reported multiple trees down along Bush River Road near Crowder Road. Time estimated by radar.
June 2014HailBush River-Public reported 1 inch hail on Garys Lane.

Every storm recorded in Newberry 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
Gary2.6 miles13
Longshore3.4 miles13
Kinards4.1 miles12
Jalapa4.3 miles13
Smyrna4.4 miles13
Trinity5.2 miles12
Spearman (historical)6.4 miles12
Mudlick6.8 miles13

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.