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Camp Croft, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Spartanburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29302. The Survey maps it on the Pacolet quadrangle. 2,110 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 663 feet above sea level.

Camp Croft within Spartanburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Photographs

8 of 24 photographs shown, 1941

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.

Farmer who had to move out of the Camp Croft area. He had a job at the camp. Whitestone, South Carolina
Farmer who had to move out of the Camp Croft area. He had a job at the camp. Whitestone, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Tenant farmer moving the last load of his belongings out of the Camp Croft area near Pacolet, South Carolina
Tenant farmer moving the last load of his belongings out of the Camp Croft area near Pacolet, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
This road is the Camp Croft boundary. The family who lived in the house at the left is moving into the barn on the right
This road is the Camp Croft boundary. The family who lived in the house at the left is moving into the barn on the right
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Tenant farmer moving the last of his load out of his farmer home in Camp Croft area. Near Whitestone, South Carolina
Tenant farmer moving the last of his load out of his farmer home in Camp Croft area. Near Whitestone, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Landscape in Camp Croft showing trailer family moving out. Near Pacolet, South Carolina
Landscape in Camp Croft showing trailer family moving out. Near Pacolet, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Assembling the fourth wall of a prefabricated house at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) project in Pacolet to house some of the farmers moving out of the Camp Croft area. Pacolet, South Carolina
Assembling the fourth wall of a prefabricated house at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) project in Pacolet to house some of the farmers moving out of the Camp Croft area. Pacolet, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Declaration of taking posted on a tree at an abandoned farmhouse near Whitestone, South Carolina in the Camp Croft area region
Declaration of taking posted on a tree at an abandoned farmhouse near Whitestone, South Carolina in the Camp Croft area region
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
In the home of a "squatter" family that was preparing to move off the Camp Croft area. Near Whitestone, South Carolina
In the home of a "squatter" family that was preparing to move off the Camp Croft area. Near Whitestone, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Spartanburg County

Fires near this place

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Camp Croft between 1992 and 2016, burning about 246 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined41
Debris and open burning17
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2012Natural2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2012Natural3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2008Debris and open burning4.6 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 2011Fireworksunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spartanburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Camp Croft: 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Feldspar. 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
Hammet Grove MineGoldPast ProducerMetamorphic Stratform
Pacolet MillFeldsparPlant
Deaton's Sand PitSandUnknownSedimentary
Fairforest Creek Sand MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Pacolet QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerIgneous
Pacolet QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Spartanburg County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Camp Croft in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2024HailCamp Croft-Public reported up to half dollar size hail.
April 2012HailCamp Croft-Nickel size hail was reported off Crest Circle.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCamp Croft-Mutliple trees were blown down on the 1300th block of highway 56.

Every storm recorded in Spartanburg 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
Ponderosa Gardens0.1 miles15
Rosewood0.1 miles15
Delmar Estates0.9 miles15
Huntington Hills0.9 miles15
Sundance1.1 miles15
Spring Lake1.4 miles15
Oak Creek1.4 miles15
Calhoun Lake1.5 miles15

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 Camp CroftAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q108672735The 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 1221251. 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.