Calhoun Falls, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Calhoun Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29628. The Survey maps it on the Calhoun Falls quadrangle. 1,727 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 528 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCalhoun Falls fell from 2,004 to 1,727 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,004 | |
| 2020 | 1,727 | -277 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1893 USGS Elberton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Calhoun Falls quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Calhoun Falls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 465 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.6 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Calhoun Falls: 1 plant, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calhoun Falls | Titanium, Iron | Unknown | Outcrop Exposure | |
| Dravo-Groves Rock Processing Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Richard B. Russell Dam Project Quar | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
37 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calhoun Falls in 37 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 19 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calhoun Falls | $50,000 | no account filed |
| October 2015 | Heavy Rain | Calhoun Falls | $25,000 | County comms reported the combination of saturated soils due to heavy rainfall and winds gusting in excess of 20 mph caused a large oak tree to fall on the back section of a house in Calhoun Falls. |
| November 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Calhoun Falls | $20,000 | This weak tornado blew down numerous trees and power lines along its intermittent 15-mile track. One telephone pole was snapped. In Abbeville, a large tree limb fell and tore a hole in the roof of a home, causing extensive damage. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calhoun Falls | $10,000 | County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down in the Calhoun Falls area. Media also reported roof damage to a church. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Calhoun Falls | $1,000 | This weak tornado knocked down a few trees and power lines before dissipating. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calhoun Falls | $1,000 | Some trees and powerlines were blown down. |
| February 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calhoun Falls | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calhoun Falls | - | Emergency manager reported five trees blown down in and around Calhoun Falls. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Calhoun Falls | - | Co-op observer reported ping pong ball size hail near Calhoun Falls. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Calhoun Falls | - | Seneca Street in Calhoun Falls was flooded by a creek. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calhoun Falls | - | Numerous trees were blown down across the county. The wind was not directly associated with a thunderstorm over the county, but was the result of an outflow boundary from a storm complex over the Midlands and east central Georgia. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calhoun Falls | - | Multiple trees were blown down throughout Calhoun Falls and along highghway 81 south. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calhoun Falls | - | Multiple trees were blown down in the Calhoun Falls area. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calhoun Falls | - | Several trees were blown down in the Calhoun Falls area, with at least one tree on a home. Trees and limbs were blown down across the reminder of the county as well. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calhoun Falls | - | Several trees blown down on Anderson St. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calhoun Falls | - | Numerous trees down and light structural damage in and around Calhoun Falls. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calhoun Falls | - | Trees blown down just outside of town. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calhoun Falls | - | Some trees were blown down along Rocky River Plant Rd. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calhoun Falls | - | Some trees were blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calhoun Falls | - | A few small trees were blown down. |
| December 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Calhoun Falls | - | A short-lived tornado shook a house and tore off a satellite dish near Calhoun Falls. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calhoun Falls | - | Late night/early morning severe thunderstorms blew down trees and power lines in a number of locations. Heavy rain caused some localized urban flood problems. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Calhoun Falls | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Calhoun Falls | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Calhoun Falls | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Calhoun Falls | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Calhoun Falls | - | no account filed |
| December 2005 | Hail | Calhoun Falls | - | no account filed |
| December 2005 | Hail | Calhoun Falls | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Calhoun Falls | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calhoun Falls | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calhoun Falls | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Calhoun Falls | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Calhoun Falls | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Calhoun Falls | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Calhoun Falls | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calhoun Falls | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hester | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Millwood (historical) | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Latimer | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Dresden (historical) | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Chesnut Hill (historical) | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Rocky River (historical) | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Monterey (historical) | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Charleston Crossroads | 6.0 miles | 13 |
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 Calhoun Falls | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2483637 | 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 1247089. 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.




