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.
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.
William Bates Houselisted 1978 · 0.3 miles away
Arthur Barnwell Houselisted 1982 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1935 USGS Greer quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Greer quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Pelham quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.6 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gillard Creek | Iron, Titanium, Thorium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial | |
| H L Shelton Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Pelham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pelham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Metamorphic |
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Lightning | Batesville | $200,000 | Lightning ignited a fire at an apartment building near Roper Mountain Rd and I-85, causing extensive damage to 16 units. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Batesville | - | Public reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Batesville | - | 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 2017 | Hail | Batesville | - | 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Batesville | - | 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Batesville | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Batesville | - | Multiple large trees were blown down in the Rolling Green Village area. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Batesville | - | 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 2009 | Hail | Batesville | - | Hail was reported at the intersection of Roper Mountain Rd and Garlington Rd. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Batesville | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Batesville | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Batesville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Creek | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Chaunessy | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Beacon Hill | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Asheton | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Walkers Crossing | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Deerfield | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Sugar Mill | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Stoneledge | 2.7 miles | 12 |
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.







