Campobello, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Landrum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29322. It stands on Motlow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Campobello quadrangle. 675 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 915 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCampobello grew from 502 to 675 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 | 502 | |
| 2020 | 675 | +173 (+34%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1907 USGS Saluda quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Inman quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Campobello quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Hendersonville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Campobello between 1992 and 2019, burning about 321 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Campobello: 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| South Pacolet River | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Feldspar/Mica Mine | Feldspar, Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Feldspar/Mica Mine | Feldspar, Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Feldspar/Mica Mine | Feldspar, Mica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Campobello in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 lightning, 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campobello | $8,000,000 | A large manufacturing building under construction (about 90 percent complete) near the highway 11/I-26 intersection collapsed due to strong winds. Some construction equipment was heavily damaged or destroyed by the collapsing building. Large tree limbs were also blown down nearby. |
| September 2004 | Lightning | Campobello | $1,000,000 | Lightning struck an industrial plant, igniting a fire which destroyed about 2/3 of the facility. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campobello | $50,000 | Public reported more than a dozen trees blown down along Farmer Rd, with media reporting siding and shingle damage to homes in the same area. Public also reported siding and shingle damage to homes in the area around New Cut Rd and Gowan Rd. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campobello) | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm caused high winds near Campobello which blew down trees, damaged some sheds, and destroyed a satellite dish. Dime-size hail also fell. Other thunderstorms across the upstate produced pea- to marble-size hail and locally heavy rain. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campobello | $1,000 | Public reported (via Social Media) a gazebo blown against a house. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Campobello | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campobello | - | Emergency management reported a tree blown down at the intersection of Highway 357 and Skyline Dr and another nearby on Underwood Rd just north of Motlow Creek Rd. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campobello | - | Ham radio operator reported power lines blown down at Redland Rd and Highway 11 and a large tree down at Loop Rd and Pacolet Rd. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campobello | - | Public reported numerous trees blown down or damaged near Landrum High School. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campobello | - | Public reported a few trees blown down in the Campobello area. County comms reported multiple trees blown down in the area around Patterson Rd and Skyline Dr. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campobello | - | Public reported multiple trees blown down in the Campobello area. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campobello | - | Numerous trees were blown down from Campobello to the intersection of highway 9 and highway 11. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campobello | - | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campobello | - | Several trees reported down. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Campobello | - | Several roads washed out, mainly due to drainage problems. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Campobello | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Campobello | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Campobello | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Campobello | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campobello | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Campobello | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campobello | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Campobello | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingleside | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Gramling | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bennetts | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Woodfin | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Mascot | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Andover (historical) | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Five Oaks | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Obed (historical) | 4.0 miles | 15 |
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 Campobello | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2119792 | 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 1247131. 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.







