Bowling Green, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Clover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29710. The Survey maps it on the Gastonia South quadrangle. It stands 784 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1947 USGS Clover quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Clover quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Gastonia South quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Gastonia South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
336 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 336 fires within 5 miles of Bowling Green between 1992 and 2020, burning about 423 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 23 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 | 121 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 67 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | THE LITTLE GRASS FIRE |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | COPPERHEAD |
| 19 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | GROUP HOME |
| 18 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | MINI MART 1 |
| 18 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | MINI MART 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Bowling Green: 11 occurrences, 8 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Kyanite, Gold, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clover Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1976 | |
| Clover Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ford Biotite Granite Quarry | Stone | Unknown | 1900 | |
| Henry Knob Mine | Kyanite, Iron-Pyrite | Past Producer | 1846, 1948, 1969 | |
| Patterson Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1900 | |
| Ryan-Purcley Sillimanite Property | Kyanite, Quartz | Unknown | Stratabound | |
| Will Knox Sillimanite Property | Quartz, Kyanite | Occurrence | Andalusite, Magnetite, Quartz, Rutile, Sillimanite | |
| Charles Falls Property | Manganese | Occurrence | 1944 | |
| G. Cloninger and O. Mason Propert | Manganese | Occurrence | 1944 | |
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
9 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bowling Green in 9 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowling Green | $30,000 | Numerous trees were blown down around the Rhyne Rd area. At least one tree fell on a mobile home in this area. Other homes received minor damage due to flying debris. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowling Green | $1,000 | Public reported multiple trees blown down and an outbuilding blown over on Lilly Dr and multiple trees down along Lawrence Rd near Clover. Amateur Radio reported numerous trees blown down along the shore of Lake Wylie just south of Catawba Station including on Highway 274 Fasana Dr Brandt Rd and Seaside Rd. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowling Green | - | Ham radio operator reported trees blown down onto the roof of a home on Ridge Rd near Glenn Rd. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Bowling Green | - | Ham radio operator reported golf ball size hail at Ridge Rd and Glenn Rd. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowling Green | - | Highway patrol reported a tree blown down on Lloyd White Rd and another tree down on Galway Ln. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Bowling Green | - | Public reported quarter size hail via Social Media. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowling Green | - | County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down across northern York County, particularly across the town of Clover. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Bowling Green | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls fell in a nearly continuous path from near Clover, to the Lake Wylie area, to Tega Cay and Fort Mill then across the east side of Rock Hill to the Catawba area. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowling Green | - | A tree was blown down on highway 557 just before Cross Rd, about 5 miles east of Clover. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clover | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Bethel (historical) | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bethany | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Zadok (historical) | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Five Points | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| Filbert | 7.3 miles | 18 | |
| Timber Ridge | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Fairway Bridge | 8.3 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 Bowling Green | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30621933 | 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 1246952. 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.









