Arial, South Carolina
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Easley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29640. It stands on Arial Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Liberty quadrangle. 2,729 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,079 feet above sea level.
On record in Arial
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.
- Arial Milllisted 2023 · 0.2 miles away
Population over time
3 figuresArial grew from 2,607 to 2,729 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,607 | |
| 2010 | 2,543 | -64 (-2%) |
| 2020 | 2,729 | +186 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1888 USGS Pickens quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Pickens quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Easley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
284 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 284 fires within 5 miles of Arial between 1992 and 2020, burning about 566 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 24 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 burning | 102 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 93 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Arial: 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easley | Titanium, Iron | Unknown | ||
| Farrs Bridge Road Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Liberty Beverly Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Beverly Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Liberty Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | 1908 |
Storms near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arial in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 2019 | Hail | Arial | - | Public reported (via Social Media) penny to quarter size hail at Jameson Rd and Highway 183. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arial | - | Highway patrol reported a tree blown down at Highway 183 and Cedar Rock Rd and multiple trees and power lines blown down along Ireland Rd. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arial | - | FD reported multiple trees and power lines blown down at Store Road and Cedar Rock Church Road and a tree down on Ballentine St at Brushy Creek Rd in Easley. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Arial | - | Nickel size hail from Montana Rd and Norte Vista Rd to highway 123 and North Dale Rd. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arial | - | A tree was blown down on Cannery Rd near highway 135 with another blown down on Prince George Rd. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arial | - | A tree was blown down at Scotland Rd and Bella Vista Dr in the Easley area. Several large branches were blown down in Easley as well. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arial | - | A few large tree limbs were blown down and blocked traffic on West Roper Rd. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Arial | - | Hail reported on Jameson Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillwood | 0.3 miles | 17 | |
| Monte Vista | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| North Hills | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cedar Rock | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Marshall Heights | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Holly Hill | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Burdine Springs | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Easley | 2.4 miles | 16 |
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 Arial | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2446442 | 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 1253463. 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.







