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Parkers Ferry, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Ravenel-Hollywood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29426. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonboro quadrangle.

Parkers Ferry within Charleston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

258 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 258 fires within 5 miles of Parkers Ferry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,433 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 62 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/undetermined92
Debris and open burning85
Arson/incendiarism62
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charleston County

Storms near this place

16 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parkers Ferry in 16 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flood, 1 lightning. 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 2013FloodParkers Ferry$20,000Media relayed a report of water over 5 feet flowing into a home on ParkersFerry Road. Family trapped in building and water rescue was needed. Injuries and cost unknown.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindParkers Ferry$3,000The public reported several trees down on both sides of the Edisto River along Highway 17 south in Beaufort, South Carolina.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindParkers Ferry$1,500Several trees and power lines were reported down along the intersection of Highway 17 and Old Jacksonboro Road. Penny size hail was also reported in Parkers Ferry, South Carolina.
June 2025LightningParkers Ferry$1,000A Charleston County emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of Mitchell Road and Old Jacksonboro Road due to a lightning strike.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindParkers Ferry$1,000A tree was reported down near the intersection of Weeks Road and Parkers Ferry Road.
December 2009Thunderstorm WindParkers Ferry$1,000A National Weather Service employee reported one tree down along the west side of U.S. Route 17.
June 2024HailParkers Ferry-The public reported hail up to 1 inch diameter along the 6800 Block of Parkers Ferry Road.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindParkers Ferry-The public reported numerous trees blown down or snapped off along the 6800 Block of Parkers Ferry Road.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindParkers Ferry-The public reported numerous trees down along the 7300 Block of Parkers Ferry Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindParkers Ferry-Colleton County dispatch reported a tree down in the 1400 block of Penny Creek Road.
October 2016FloodParkers Ferry-A Charleston County emergency manager reported water covering Parkers Ferry Road, leading to one rescue taking place.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindParkers Ferry-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down and in the roadway near the intersection of Highway 17 and Old Jacksonboro Road.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindParkers Ferry-Several trees were knocked down.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindParkers Ferry-Several trees down.
April 2006HailParkers Ferry-no account filed
May 2006HailParkers Ferry-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Charleston 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
Shiloh1.1 miles17
Ponpon2.0 miles16
Osborn2.7 miles16
Adams Run3.7 miles18
Canady Landing3.8 miles16
Jericho4.2 miles16
Barrelville5.6 miles18
Willtown Bluff5.6 miles17

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 Parkers FerryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65077238The 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 1231631. 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.