Parkersville, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Waccamaw Neck census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29585. The Survey maps it on the Magnolia Beach quadrangle.
On record in Parkersville
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Holy Cross Faith Memorial Schoollisted 2024 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1942 USGS Magnolia Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
46 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Parkersville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 480 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 June 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Parkersville: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pawleys Island | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Beach | |
| Waverly Mills Quadrangle | Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Beach |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parkersville in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2014: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Flood | Parkersville | $20,000 | Standing water was reported on Hwy 17 for four to five blocks near Tiller Drive. Four cars were in roadside ditches due to accidents. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkersville | $2,000 | Numerous tree limbs were reported down. Some of the limbs were 3 to 4 inches in diameter. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Parkersville | $1,000 | Hail a little larger than quarters was reported along Waverly Road. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkersville | $750 | A large tree limb was reported down in the Island Shops area. The limb was 8 to 9 feet long and 8 to 10 inches in diameter. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fraserville | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Woodville Acres | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Pawleys Retreat | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Salt Marsh Cove | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Chapel Creek Villas | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Gray Mans Cove | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Pawleys Island | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| True Blue | 1.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231633. 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.




