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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.

Campobello within Spartanburg County

Population over time

2 figures

Campobello 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.

YearPeople Change
2010502
2020675+173 (+34%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

77 since 1992

Regional 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 burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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
9 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2005Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Smoking2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2007Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSouth 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Inman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
South Pacolet RiverSandUnknownSedimentary
Feldspar/Mica MineFeldspar, MicaPast Producer
Feldspar/Mica MineFeldspar, MicaPast Producer
Feldspar/Mica MineFeldspar, MicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Spartanburg County

Storms near this place

23 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCampobello$8,000,000A 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 2004LightningCampobello$1,000,000Lightning struck an industrial plant, igniting a fire which destroyed about 2/3 of the facility.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindCampobello$50,000Public 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 1994Thunderstorm WindCampobello)$5,000A 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 2017Thunderstorm WindCampobello$1,000Public reported (via Social Media) a gazebo blown against a house.
May 2025HailCampobello-Public reported quarter size hail.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCampobello-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 2023Thunderstorm WindCampobello-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 2020Thunderstorm WindCampobello-Public reported numerous trees blown down or damaged near Landrum High School.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCampobello-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 2017Thunderstorm WindCampobello-Public reported multiple trees blown down in the Campobello area.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindCampobello-Numerous trees were blown down from Campobello to the intersection of highway 9 and highway 11.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCampobello-Large tree limbs were blown down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindCampobello-Several trees reported down.
July 2005Flash FloodCampobello-Several roads washed out, mainly due to drainage problems.
June 2011HailCampobello-no account filed
July 2008HailCampobello-no account filed
April 2006HailCampobello-no account filed
May 2006HailCampobello-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCampobello-no account filed
June 1997HailCampobello-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindCampobello-no account filed
June 1997HailCampobello-no account filed

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
Ingleside2.2 miles16
Gramling2.8 miles15
Bennetts3.2 miles16
Woodfin3.3 miles15
Mascot3.3 miles15
Andover (historical)3.9 miles15
Five Oaks4.0 miles16
Obed (historical)4.0 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 CampobelloAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2119792The 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.