Crocketville, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hampton-Varnville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29924. The Survey maps it on the Crocketville quadrangle. It stands 112 feet above sea level.
On record in Crocketville
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 1 record
Cohassetlisted 1986
Surveyed buildings and structures 4 records
- Cohasset, Tenant House, U.S. 601, approximately 1 mile North of Crocketville, Crocketvillefederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Cohasset, US 601, 1 mile North of Crocketville, Crocketvillefederal building survey, 10 photographs
- Crocketville Country Store, US 601 & Route 14, Crocketvillefederal building survey, 4 photographs
- Crocketville Country Store, US 601 & Route 38, Crocketvillefederal building survey, 4 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1918 USGS Varnville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Varnville quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Crocketville quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
4 photographs,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
276 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of Crocketville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 922 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 47 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 | 108 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crocketville in 21 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 18 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crocketville | $5,000 | Trees and powerlines down. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crocketville | $2,000 | A state official reported 2 trees down on Route 601 near Crocketville. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crocketville | $2,000 | The public reported several large branches down in their yard in Crocketville, South Carolina. Branches were greater than 2 inches in diameter. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crocketville | $1,000 | Tree down along Highway 601 near Crocketville. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crocketville | $1,000 | Law Enforcement reported a tree down on power lines along Route 601, near Crocketville, South Carolina. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crocketville | $500 | Law Enforcement reported a tree in the roadway on Altman Road. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crocketville | $500 | Law Enforcement reported a tree in the roadway on Highway 601, near Sandy Run Road. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crocketville | $500 | A few trees were reported down. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Crocketville | - | Broadcast media relayed a report via social media of quarter to golf ball size hail in Crocketville. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crocketville | - | The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Sandy Run Road and Bamberg Highway. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crocketville | - | The public reported a pecan tree uprooted and a small horse shelter blown over. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crocketville | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 601 and Sandy Run Road. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crocketville | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 601 and Sandy Run Road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crocketville | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at Highway 601 and Corbin Lane. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crocketville | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Joe Miley Road and Sandy Run Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crocketville | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Highway 601 just north of Crocketville. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crocketville | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported that a tree was blown down onto Highway 601 North at the Sandy Run Road intersection. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Crocketville | - | The public reported golf ball size hail covering the ground, 5 miles north-northwest of Crockettville, South Carolina. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crocketville | - | A tree and large limbs were knocked down over power lines. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crocketville | - | There were several trees down. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Crocketville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleland Crossroads | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Pond Town | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Miley | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Hampton | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Varnville | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Halls Mill | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Brunson | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Almeda | 6.2 miles | 16 |
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 Crocketville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30621935 | The 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 1247426. 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.
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.








