Richburg, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Richburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29729. The Survey maps it on the Richburg quadrangle. 280 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 584 feet above sea level.
On record in Richburg
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
- Elliott Houselisted 1971
Population over time
2 figuresRichburg grew from 275 to 280 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 275 | |
| 2020 | 280 | +5 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Richburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
171 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Richburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 494 acres in total. 7 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 | 58 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 65 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Richburg: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decker-Holway Steel--Richburg, Sc | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Dickerson Pit East | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Dickerson Pit East | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fishing Creek Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
17 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richburg in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 10 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Richburg | $20,000 | no account filed |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richburg | $5,000 | Emergency manager reported a section of roof torn off a mobile home on Old Mill Rd. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Richburg | - | Public reported a lot of penny size hail. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richburg | - | Public reported several large tree limbs blown down in the Richburg area. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Richburg | - | Public reported quarter to half dollar size in the Richburg area. A meteorologist (non-NWS) reported half dollar size hail in Fort Lawn. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richburg | - | County comms center reported trees and power lines blown down on Old Mill Rd. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richburg | - | Large tree limbs were blown down in Richburg. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richburg | - | Several trees were blown down near Richburg. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Richburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Richburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Richburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Richburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Richburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Richburg | - | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richburg | - | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Hail | Richburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Richburg | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewisville (historical) | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Binghamtown (historical) | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Bascomville | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Knox | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lando | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Tip Top (historical) | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Rodman | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Hicklin Crossing | 5.4 miles | 15 |
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 Richburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q746039 | The 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 1250370. 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.






