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Batesville, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29651. It stands on Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pelham quadrangle.

Batesville within Greenville County

On record in Batesville

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Batesville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 265 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burning5.6 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2009Debris and open burning3.9 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 June 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Batesville: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Thorium, Mica. 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
Gillard CreekIron, Titanium, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
H L Shelton DepositMicaOccurrence
Pelham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pelham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Greenville County

Storms near this place

12 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Batesville in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 lightning. 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 2009LightningBatesville$200,000Lightning ignited a fire at an apartment building near Roper Mountain Rd and I-85, causing extensive damage to 16 units.
June 2022HailBatesville-Public reported 3/4 inch hail.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBatesville-NWS employee reported a tree blown down on power lines along Highway 14 between Woodruff Rd and Roper Mountain Rd and another tree down a little farther north along Highway 14. Media reported a tree and power lines down on Roper Mountain Rd near Anderson Ridge Rd.
March 2017HailBatesville-Public reported (via Social Media) 2.5 inch diameter hail on Shelter Dr. Numerous other reports were received on I-85 near Highway 14 and GSP Airport, with windshields shattered on multiple vehicles.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBatesville-Multiple trees were blown down along the highway 14 corridor in Five Forks and the north side of Simpsonville. Shingle damage to homes was also reported in the five Forks area.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBatesville-Several large tree limbs were blown down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBatesville-Multiple large trees were blown down in the Rolling Green Village area.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBatesville-Several trees were blown down in the Pelham Rd area from I-85 to highway 14, continuing south to the Woodruff Rd area. One tree damaged a porch on Radcliffe Rd, about 6 miles north of Simpsonville.
July 2009HailBatesville-Hail was reported at the intersection of Roper Mountain Rd and Garlington Rd.
June 2011HailBatesville-no account filed
May 1996HailBatesville-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindBatesville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greenville 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
Oak Creek1.5 miles12
Chaunessy1.9 miles12
Beacon Hill2.0 miles12
Asheton2.2 miles12
Walkers Crossing2.5 miles12
Deerfield2.5 miles12
Sugar Mill2.7 miles11
Stoneledge2.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244980. 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.