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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.

Bowling Green within York County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

336 since 1992

Regional 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 burning121
Missing data/not specified/undetermined75
Misuse of fire by a minor67
Equipment and vehicle use23
Arson/incendiarism23
Smoking15
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceTHE LITTLE GRASS FIRE
25 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceCOPPERHEAD
19 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceGROUP HOME
18 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceMINI MART 1
18 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceMINI MART 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clover QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1976
Clover QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ford Biotite Granite QuarryStoneUnknown1900
Henry Knob MineKyanite, Iron-PyritePast Producer1846, 1948, 1969
Patterson MineGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer1900
Ryan-Purcley Sillimanite PropertyKyanite, QuartzUnknownStratabound
Will Knox Sillimanite PropertyQuartz, KyaniteOccurrenceAndalusite, Magnetite, Quartz, Rutile, Sillimanite
Charles Falls PropertyManganeseOccurrence1944
G. Cloninger and O. Mason PropertManganeseOccurrence1944
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in York County

Storms near this place

9 since 2010

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBowling Green$30,000Numerous 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 2020Thunderstorm WindBowling Green$1,000Public 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 2025Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-Ham radio operator reported trees blown down onto the roof of a home on Ridge Rd near Glenn Rd.
June 2025HailBowling Green-Ham radio operator reported golf ball size hail at Ridge Rd and Glenn Rd.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-Highway patrol reported a tree blown down on Lloyd White Rd and another tree down on Galway Ln.
April 2015HailBowling Green-Public reported quarter size hail via Social Media.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down across northern York County, particularly across the town of Clover.
April 2011HailBowling 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 2010Thunderstorm WindBowling Green-A tree was blown down on highway 557 just before Cross Rd, about 5 miles east of Clover.

Every storm recorded in York 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
Clover2.8 miles14
Bethel (historical)4.7 miles14
Bethany5.5 miles18
Zadok (historical)6.0 miles18
Five Points7.3 miles16
Filbert7.3 miles18
Timber Ridge8.1 miles16
Fairway Bridge8.3 miles16

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 GreenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30621933The 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.