Chesnee, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Chesnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29323. It stands on Ezell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Chesnee quadrangle. 829 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 892 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresChesnee fell from 868 to 829 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 | 868 | |
| 2020 | 829 | -39 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1953 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Cowpens quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Cowpens NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Chesnee quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Chesnee quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
2 photographs, 1937Taken 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.
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
189 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Chesnee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 666 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined | 62 |
| Debris and open burning | 62 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | CHOO CHOO FIRE |
| 21 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | PAINTER RD |
| 2 September 2019 | Other causes | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | JACK MCKENNEY RD |
| 2 September 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Chesnee: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Kyanite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliffside-Elkin Kyn Belt Deposit | Kyanite | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Cowpens Battlefield Bog-Iron Mine | Iron | Unknown | Bog Iron Limonite | |
| Rutherford County Dredge and P | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Granite Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | Metamorphic |
Storms near this place
26 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chesnee in 26 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 14 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesnee | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesnee | - | County comms reported a few trees blown down in the Chesnee area. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesnee | - | Ham radio operator reported multiple trees blown down in the area around the intersection of Highway 221 and Thompson Rd. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Chesnee | - | Spotter reported up to golf ball size hail near Chesnee. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Chesnee | - | FD reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Chesnee | - | Public reported pea to quarter size hail that fell for a couple of minutes near Chesnee. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesnee | - | Highway Patrol reported a couple of trees blown down along River Oak Rd. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Chesnee | - | Public reported nickel size hail near Mayo. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesnee | - | Numerous large limbs blown down and blocking roads in the Chesnee area. At least two trees fell on houses in Chesnee. Highway Patrol reported at least a dozen trees blown down from the Chesnee area, across Boiling Springs and north Spartanburg, to Reidville. NWS employee reported multiple trees and numerous large limbs down centered in the area near Blackstock Rd and Hidden Hill Rd. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Chesnee | - | Dime to nickel size hail fell on the north side of Chesnee. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Chesnee | - | Penny to quarter size hail fell at Alabama Ave. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesnee | - | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesnee | - | Several trees and large limbs were blown down. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesnee | - | Several trees were blown down in and around Chesnee. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesnee | - | Five trees blown down across the northern part of the county. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesnee | - | Two power poles blown down on Anderson Rd and trees blown down on highway 11 near Brooklyn Church Rd. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesnee | - | Two pine trees blown down. |
| July 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Chesnee | - | This tornado touched down in far northern Spartanburg County, just south of the North Carolina border, blowing down several trees before tracking northeast into North Carolina. |
| November 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesnee | - | Some trees were blown down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesnee | - | State trooper reported trees down along U.S. 221. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Chesnee | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Chesnee | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Chesnee | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Chesnee | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Chesnee | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesnee | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowwood | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Mayo Mills | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Brooklyn | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Springdale Estates | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Mayo | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Cooley Springs | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Mountain View | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Fosters Grove | 6.2 miles | 13 |
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 Chesnee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q367602 | 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 1221550. 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.









