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Campton, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Inman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29349. The Survey maps it on the Inman quadrangle.

Campton within Spartanburg County

On record in Campton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Campton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 405 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined61
Debris and open burning40
Arson/incendiarism13
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Campton: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Mcbee PlacerGoldPast Producer1844
Merredith Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Avery ProspectIronProspect
Inman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Inman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Senia ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Spartanburg County

Storms near this place

4 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Campton in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCampton-Public reported trees blown down near the intersection of John Dodd Rd and New Cut Rd and multiple trees and lines down on the west side of Spartanburg. Utility company reported hundreds of power outages in the city of Spartanburg.
March 2017HailCampton-Public reported quarter size hail near Boiling Springs.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCampton-A tree was blown down on Outter Rd near Inman.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindCampton-Multiple trees were blown down along highway 176 near the I-26 intersection.

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
Chestnut Lake1.6 miles15
Hickory Hills1.8 miles15
Meadowbrook Farms1.9 miles15
Inman1.9 miles15
Riverdale2.0 miles15
Bondale2.2 miles15
Shiloh2.2 miles15
Cunningham2.2 miles13

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 CamptonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22073084The 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 1221287. 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.