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Nixville, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Estill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29918. The Survey maps it on the Furman quadrangle.

Nixville within Hampton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

301 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 301 fires within 5 miles of Nixville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,024 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 50 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 burning141
Missing data/not specified/undetermined70
Arson/incendiarism50
Equipment and vehicle use17
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Debris and open burning10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2019Other causesunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hampton County

Storms near this place

27 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nixville in 27 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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
July 2013Flash FloodNixville$2,000Emergency Manager reported that several roads in Nixville were closed due to flash flooding.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindNixville$1,000The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Hope Well Road and Two Sisters Ferry Road.
November 2012Thunderstorm WindNixville$500South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at US 601 South and Clifton Drive.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindNixville$500Law Enforcement reported a tree down on South Carolina Highway 3, approximately 4 miles northwest of Grays, South Carolina.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindNixville$500Law enforcement reported 1 tree down near the intersection of Lento Road and 2 Sisters Ferry Road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindNixville$500Law Enforcement reported a tree down in Nixville, South Carolina.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNixville$500A trained weather spotter reported a tree down near the intersection of Turner Road and Ginn Road in Nixville, South Carolina.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNixville$500A trained weather spotter reported a tree down along Highway 3 near Nixville, South Carolina.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindNixville$100A trained weather spotter reported several 2 to 3 inch diameter tree limbs down near Nixville, South Carolina.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindNixville-The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Speed Limit Road near the intersection with Uncle Jims Lane.
October 2023Thunderstorm WindNixville-The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported a tree down at 2000 Lento Road.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindNixville-Hampton County dispatch reported trees down blocking two lanes of Browning Gate Road between Chocolate City Road and Two Sisters Road.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindNixville-Hampton County dispatch reported a tree down near Browning Gate Road and Lento Road.
May 2020HailNixville-Local broadcast media relayed a video of quarter sized hail.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindNixville-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 601 and Highway 3.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindNixville-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Two Sisters Ferry Road and Mount Carmel Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindNixville-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Abe Trail and Highway 3.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindNixville-The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported trees and power lines down on Lento Road near the intersection with Speed Limit Road.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindNixville-Hampton County Emergency Management reported several trees down on John Penn Road near Cypress Creek Road. There was also damage to an old home.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindNixville-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Hickory Hill Road and Two Sisters Ferry Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNixville-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at the intersection of John F Drive and Two Sisters Ferry Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNixville-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at the intersection of Burnell Road and Turner Expressway.
March 2013HailNixville-The public reported hail slightly larger than quarters near the intersection of Turner Expressway and Highway 3.
February 2003Thunderstorm WindNixville-Several trees and power lines were down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNixville-Several trees and large limbs down.
August 2003Flash FloodNixville-Around 5 inches of rain in a short period of time caused flooding of roads.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindNixville-Six poorly constructed homes/mobile homes damagaed to varying degrees. Several trees and limbs down.

Every storm recorded in Hampton 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
Speaks Mill2.1 miles16
Lena3.4 miles16
Steep Bottom (historical)4.5 miles16
Furman4.6 miles16
Estill4.8 miles16
Stafford5.1 miles16
Horsegall5.7 miles16
De Loach5.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1249880. 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.