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Pineville, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the St. Stephen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29468. The Survey maps it on the Pineville quadrangle.

Pineville within Berkeley County

On record in Pineville

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 2 records

Surveyed buildings and structures 4 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

630 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 630 fires within 5 miles of Pineville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,975 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 151 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/undetermined266
Debris and open burning186
Arson/incendiarism151
Natural7
Other causes6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
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 2017Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2019Other causes5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkeley County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pineville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Santee Minerals MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Berkeley County

Storms near this place

11 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pineville in 11 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. 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
May 2012Thunderstorm WindPineville$500Small branches and several large limbs blown down along Highway 45 near Pineville.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindPineville-Law enforcement reported a tree down on the road near the intersection of Puddle Lane and Colonel Maham Drive.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindPineville-The Berkeley County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Riverbank Road near Pineville.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindPineville-The Berkeley County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Oakland Club Road and South Carolina Highway 45.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindPineville-The Berkeley County 911 Call Center reported a tree down along Highway 45 near Pineville.
July 2011HailPineville-The Public reported nickel to quarter size hail near Colonel Maham Drive, 5 miles west-northwest of Saint Stephen, South Carolina.
April 2011HailPineville-Law enforcement reported quarter to golf ball size hail in Pineville, South Carolina.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPineville-The National Weather Service observation equipment located in Pineville, South Carolina, measured a wind gust of 59 mph.
September 2004Tornado (F0)Pineville-A weak tornado damaged 2 mobile homes and a shed. One mobile home had the entire roof torn off and the second had skirting torn off. Numerous trees and limbs were knocked down.
April 2006HailPineville-no account filed
May 2005HailPineville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Berkeley 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
Murrell (historical)0.1 miles18
Judge Town0.6 miles18
Region Town (historical)1.2 miles18
Wing Road2.0 miles18
Old Peru2.3 miles9
Swamp Fox2.4 miles9
Russellville3.7 miles9
Saint Stephen5.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1225481. 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.