Clover, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Clover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29710. The Survey maps it on the Clover quadrangle. 6,671 people lived here at the 2020 count.
On record in Clover
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 2 records
Bethel Presbyterian Churchlisted 1980
Clover Downtown Historic Districtlisted 1999
Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records
- Hawthorne House, Catawba River, Cloverfederal building survey, 9 photographs
- Henry Houser House, Cloverfederal building survey, 8 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresClover grew from 5,094 to 6,671 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 | 5,094 | |
| 2020 | 6,671 | +1,577 (+31%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1947 USGS Clover quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Clover quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Clover quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
2 photographs,Taken 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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Clover between 1992 and 2019, burning about 299 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | COPPERHEAD |
| 2 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Clover: 6 unknowns, 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Kyanite, Barium-Barite, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allison Prospect | Gold, Sulfur, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Allison Prospect | Gold, Copper | Unknown | 1908 | |
| Clover Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1976 | |
| Clover Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ford Biotite Granite Quarry | Stone | Unknown | 1900 | |
| Henry Knob Mine | Kyanite, Iron-Pyrite | Past Producer | 1846, 1948, 1969 | |
| Little Wilson Mine | Gold, Iron, Sulfur, Copper | Unknown | 1904, 1905 | |
| Ryan-Purcley Sillimanite Property | Kyanite, Quartz | Unknown | Stratabound | |
| James Adams Manganese Occurrence | Manganese, Iron | Occurrence | 1944 | |
| Manganese Outcrop Occurrence | Manganese, Iron | Occurrence | 1944 |
Storms near this place
45 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clover in 45 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 26 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 3 tornado, 2 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2002 | Lightning | Clover | 1 killed | Lightning struck a tree, which fell on and killed a bicyclist. |
| March 1994 | Tornado (F1) | Clover | 1 hurt, $500,000 | Tornado developed near North Carolina/South Carolina border and moved into North Carolina within a short distance from where Highway SC49 crosses North Carolina line at 1844 EST. One mobile home in the Lake Wylie Mobile Home Park along Stateline Road was completely destroyed with debris scattered in a cyclonic pattern. Several other mobile homes were heavily damaged, an outbuilding completely disappeared, many trees were downed and one person injured. The tornado apparently developed from the same storm that earlier had caused spotty damage across the County. |
| March 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | $500,000 | Downburst winds during a thunderstorm destroyed a mobile home, damaged a nearby residence and destroyed outbuilding and felled trees on C.E. Stewart Road about 7 miles WSW of Clover. |
| March 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | $50,000 | Trees down, 2 barns destroyed, power lines down. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | $10,000 | Tornado moved from SC46-43 in southwest York northeastward to U.S. 321 in northern York. The tornado was mostly a "tree-topper" with four separate touchdowns. The first touchdown blew trees on a home, flattened a garage onto a car with total damage of 20K, The second touchdown destroyed a large lumber storage building at ACE Hardware and partially deroofed another causing a loss of $15,000. The third touchdown took down a grove of trees and sheared off the top of others. The last touchdown took half the roof off a building with a loss of $10,000. Thunderstorm blew down trees and power lines in Clover. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | $5,000 | Numerous trees down in the Clover and Lake Wylie areas. In the Rock Hill area, a large tree fell on a vehicle, trapping the occupant inside. |
| March 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | $5,000 | Trees down, considerable minor damage to roofs, chimneys, etc. Heaviest damage immediately northeast of Clover. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | $3,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. |
| November 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | $2,000 | A storage trailer was blown over. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | $1,000 | A couple of trees and some power lines were blown down. |
| April 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Clover | $500 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Emergency manager reported multiple trees blown down on Lawrence Rd. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Public reported multiple large tree limbs snapped and a large tree uprooted. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | County comms reported several trees blown down in the Clover area. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Clover | - | Public reported nickel sized hail in the Clover area. |
| November 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | County comms reported multiple trees blown down in and around Clover. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Clover | - | County comms reported 3/4 inch hail near Clover. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | PD reported a tree blown down at Faulkner Rd and Neely Rd. County comms reported a tree down on Westland Dr in the same area. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | A tree was blown down on the northeast side of Clover. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Clover | - | Two inch diameter hail fell near the intersection of highway 55 and Kingsbury Rd. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Clover | - | Hail up to the size of a softball was measured on Cedar Hill Rd. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Clover | - | A second severe thunderstorm produced another round of very large hail near the Kingsbury Rd and highway 55 intersection. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Clover | - | A third hail storm affected the county with a swath of hail up to golf ball size affecting areas from Clover to York. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Several trees were blown down in and around Clover with some trees blocking roads. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Several trees and power lines blown down in the Clover area. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Trees and power lines blown down in Clover. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Trees and power lines down on Crossland Rd. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Numerous large tree limbs blown down, mainly along Ridge Rd. |
| November 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Large limbs down on St Paul Church Rd. |
| May 2005 | Lightning | Clover | - | Lightning struck a tree and a barn, igniting a fire. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Clover | - | Water flowed over several roads in the Clover area, including highway 321 and Fox Rd and Gabbie Ford Rd in York. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Some large limbs and brush were blown into a road. A vehicle was also forced off the road by the high winds. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Several six-inch diameter pine trees blown down. A SKYWARN spotter measured a wind gust to 62 mph. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Trees were blown over onto Highway 55. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Trees and power lines were downed and a few fires were sparked. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Clover | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Clover | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Clover | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Clover | - | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Clover | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Clover | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Clover | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Heavy Rain | Clover | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Green | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Zadok (historical) | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Bethel (historical) | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bethany | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Filbert | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Five Points | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Lincoln Estates | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Beersheba | 7.1 miles | 18 |
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 Clover | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2230289 | 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 1221646. 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.








