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Campbell, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Belton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29627. It stands on Cupboard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Belton West quadrangle.

Campbell within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Campbell between 1992 and 2019, burning about 435 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined45
Debris and open burning30
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1

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
6 September 2009Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Campbell: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Titanium, Iron, Mica, Kyanite. 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
Beaver CreekTitanium, IronUnknownVein Outcrop Exposure
Cliff Webb ProspectMicaProspect
Piedmont Kyn BeltKyaniteOccurrenceSTRATABOUND
Broadway MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tribble QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Anderson County

Storms near this place

10 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Campbell in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 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
August 2015Thunderstorm WindCampbell$10,000Public reported multiple trees blown down and a barn destroyed near Belton.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindCampbell-County comms reported multiple trees blown down.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCampbell-Highway patrol reported a tree blown down at Griffin Rd and Highway 29 and another tree down on Dorchester Rd.
May 2016HailCampbell-Public reported 3/4 inch hail.
January 2014Flash FloodCampbell-James Cox Road was flooded by Pea Creek.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCampbell-A tree was blown down on highway 252 at Jule Martin Rd and another was blown down at the same time a little east of there at Pine Top Rd and highway 76.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindCampbell-Trees were blown down on Broadway School Rd.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindCampbell-Two trees were blown down on Griffin Rd.
April 2009Tornado (EF0)Campbell-This tornado began along Old Williamston Rd near its intersection with Brooks Rd. The tornado traveled northeast, paralleling Old Williamston Rd before crossing Boggs Rd and Opp Rd, then lifting near the intersection of Brown Rd and highway 29. Damage was confined to uprooted trees along the path, with a few smaller trees snapped off. The tornado was produced by a supercell thunderstorm as it was being overtaken by a line of storms.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCampbell-Several homes received minor damage along Country Rd, with one roof punctured by a fallen tree. A utility shed was also destroyed.

Every storm recorded in Anderson 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
Erskine Estates1.0 miles17
Creekwood Hills1.2 miles17
Meadow Brook1.7 miles13
Pinecrest2.0 miles17
Nevitt Woods2.5 miles13
Nevitt Pines2.5 miles13
Fox Valley2.8 miles17
Nevitt Forest2.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1221273. 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.