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Parksville, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Parksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29845. It stands on Byrd Creek. The Survey maps it on the Parksville quadrangle. 120 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 348 feet above sea level.

Parksville within McCormick County

On record in Parksville

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

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Parksville grew from 117 to 120 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010117
2020120+3 (+3%)

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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

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.

Calliham's Mill, SC Route 138 on Stevens Creek, 2 miles east of Parksville, Parksville, McCormick County, SC
Calliham's Mill, SC Route 138 on Stevens Creek, 2 miles east of Parksville, Parksville, McCormick County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Parksville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 288 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined45
Debris and open burning17
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural4
Smoking3

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
30 September 2017Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2007Recreation and ceremony19 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning9.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Natural4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCormick County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Parksville: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone. 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
Bussey PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
Plum Branch QuarryStoneUnknownMetamorphic

Every working recorded in McCormick County

Storms near this place

16 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parksville in 16 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 FloodParksville$8,000DOT reported heavy rains washed out a couple of roads in the Parksville over the the lake. Low lying areas also had up to 2 feet of standing water.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindParksville$8,000Corp of Engineers reported trees down on a home on the south shore of Clarks Hill Lake.
April 2019HailParksville$100Pea size hail reported between Plum Branch and Parksville.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindParksville-A tree was downed on Hwy 28 S at Wiggleton Rd, just NW of Parksville. Time estimated.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindParksville-A line of severe thunderstorms produced widespread wind damage across McCormick|County, SC on the evening of July 20, 2023. Hamilton Branch State Park, along the|shore of Lake J. Strom Thurmond, was particularly hard hit, likely due to enhancement|of winds over the lake. ||South Carolina State Parks estimated that approximately 18 trees were snapped or|uprooted and blocking roadways in the park, with numerous other trees downed in|wooded areas. No injuries. ||A National Weather Service storm survey determined that the damage was the result of thunderstorm winds, and not a tornado. Peak wind speeds were estimated to be around 75 mph.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindParksville-Tree fell across Prices Mill Rd, blocking the roadway.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindParksville-Trees and power lines were downed near and to the south of Parksville. Time estimated.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindParksville-Trees downed in the Parksville area.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindParksville-Ham radio operator reported trees down on Plum Branch Rd and Hwy 230.
May 2017HailParksville-Ham radio operator reported nickel size hail along Plum Branch Rd near Beaverdam range.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindParksville-Sheriff dispatch reported trees and power lines down along U.S. Hwy. 221/State Hwy. 28 near Parksville.
March 2008HailParksville-Emergency Manager reported nickel size hail in Parksville.
June 2007HailParksville-Post Office reported penny size hail between Parksville and Plum Branch on hwy 28.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindParksville-Highway Dept reported some large limbs down on SC138.
January 2005Tornado (F0)Parksville-Storm Survey found an F0 touched down on SC33-138 and took down trees.
January 2005HailParksville-SKYWARN HAM radio operator reported 3/4 inch hail in Parksville.

Every storm recorded in McCormick 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
Modoc3.7 miles24
Parks Mill4.6 miles16
Plum Branch4.8 miles16
Whitetown5.0 miles16
Bethany (historical)5.7 miles16
Clarks Hill8.3 miles24
Dornville (historical)9.2 miles16
Liberty Hill9.5 miles16

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 ParksvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1593455The 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 1230147. 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.