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Schofield, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Olar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29843. It stands on Birds Branch. The Survey maps it on the Olar quadrangle.

Schofield within Bamberg County

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.

Fires near this place

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Schofield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 450 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 12 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
Debris and open burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2004Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bamberg County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Schofield: 1 unknown, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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
Cleckley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Ila SmithSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer1981
Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bamberg County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schofield in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2011Thunderstorm WindSchofield$3,000DOT reported a few trees down on Rivers Bridge road southwest of Ehrhardt.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindSchofield$2,000Dispatch reported a couple of trees down on Crazy Horse Road near Olar.
March 2022HailSchofield$10A business reported dime size hail SE of Olar.
May 2025HailSchofield-Facebook post with a video of hail falling on Low Country Hwy between Olar and Ehrhardt. Additional photo showed a hailstone that was approximately quarter size. Time provided by user and confirmed by radar.
April 2022Tornado (EF3)Schofield-A National Weather Service survey team confirmed a EF3 tornado that began in eastern Allendale County and then moved into Bamberg County near the intersection of Hwy 321 and Hwy 301. The tornado then crossed into Orangeburg county just north of Hwy 78. In Bamberg county the tornado moved through a large forest of mostly softwood pine, with hardwood oaks in the forest for some stretch. As it approached Popeye Rd, the tornado strengthened into a strong EF3 with winds |estimated at 160 mph. Remarkable damage was done to both softwoods and |hardwoods in this forest, with an estimated 2 miles of 80-100% forest |blowdown. In a particularly intense section, the tornado scoured the |ground and stripped pine needles off of young pine trees. Additionally,|many younger pine trees in this area were debarked and delimbed. On |either side of this were sections of pine and oak that had been snapped|low, at or below 5 feet, to the ground. Strong EF3 damage is estimated |to have continued from Popeye Road across Kirkland Creek and then |towards Wild Flower Road in Bamberg County. From here, the tornado |weakened a bit as it approached Alligator road. The tornado was near |its peak width at this time, then striking a more residential area along|Carver road. Here, one mobile home was completely destroyed, with a home|having its roof completely removed and some partial wall collapses. On |either side of the center of the track, other homes sustained different |degrees of damage to their roofs and siding. The tornado continued |northeastward and maintained EF2 strength, primarily causing damage |to trees. Much of the damage on Macedonia Church Rd was from trees |falling on homes. The tornado showed signs of weakening by this point |as it approached Orangeburg county, and it is distinctly possible that |there were multiple weak vortexes impacting only the tops of trees. EF0|and weak EF1 damage was noted until the county line with Orangeburg.
June 2015HailSchofield-Public reported quarter to half dollar size hail and large limbs down along Rivers Bridge Road east of Hwy 301.

Every storm recorded in Bamberg 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
Bufords Bridge1.5 miles15
Olar3.4 miles16
Govan6.3 miles16
Springtown7.8 miles15
Hughes9.7 miles15
Clear Pond9.8 miles15
Luther (historical)10.0 miles15
Ehrhardt10.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231781. 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.