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Cleveland, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tigerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29635. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland quadrangle. It stands 1,001 feet above sea level.

Cleveland within Greenville County

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

154 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Cleveland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,065 acres in total. 6 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
Debris and open burning57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Other causes4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
26 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2017Debris and open burning65 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1999Natural15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2002Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cleveland: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Caesar's Head MineMicaPast Producer
Unnamed Crushed Stone QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Greenville County

Storms near this place

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cleveland in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2022Thunderstorm WindCleveland-Fire dept reported several trees blown down in northern Greenville County.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCleveland-Public reported multiple trees blown down on North River Rd.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindCleveland-A tree was blown down on Hart Cut Rd.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindCleveland-Multiple trees were blown down along Chinquapin Rd, about two miles northwest of Tigerville.
October 2010Tornado (EF0)Cleveland-This tornado touched down near highway 11 near the Pleasant Ridge County Park, where the tops of numerous small trees were snapped off and several large trees were uprooted. The intermittent damage path continued east northeast, crossing highway 25 just north of the highway 11 junction. Damage again appeared near the intersection of Chinquapin Rd and highway 11, where the tops of several trees were snapped off along a ridge line. The most significant damage was observed just east/northeast of this location along Look Up Lodge Rd. Numerous small trees and large limbs were snapped off and several large trees were uprooted. Some minor structural damage was observed due to falling trees and limbs. Some boat docks were flipped on Chinquapin Lake as well. Sporadic tree damage continued to the east northeast, with the tornado apparently lifting between Chestnut Mountain Rd and Old Highway 11.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCleveland-A tree was blown down on highway 288 near North River Rd.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCleveland-An oak tree was blown down across a driveway and several large limbs were also blown down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCleveland-Trees were blown down in the Jones Gap State Park area.
May 2010HailCleveland-no account filed
June 2007HailCleveland-no account filed
May 1998HailCleveland-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCleveland-no account filed
March 1994HailCleveland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greenville 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
Riverview1.5 miles15
Slater3.3 miles17
River Falls3.6 miles15
Marietta3.8 miles15
Mayfield (historical)4.4 miles15
Lima4.4 miles17
Mountain Lake Colony5.1 miles15
Terry (historical)5.2 miles17

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 ClevelandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14709495The 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 1221633. 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.