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Conestee, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29605. It stands on Laurel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mauldin quadrangle. 904 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 823 feet above sea level.

Conestee within Greenville County

On record in Conestee

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Conestee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 278 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined42
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism14
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Smoking1
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
6 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Conestee: 3 prospects, 3 unknowns, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Iron, Titanium, Thorium, Iron, Thorium, Titanium, Kaolin. 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
Placer Prospect 9-PIron, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Willimon MineMica, KaolinPast Producer
Charles BrooksIron, Titanium, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Gillard CreekIron, Titanium, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Boling MineMicaPast ProducerPegmatite
Boling MineMicaPast Producer
R S Berry ProspectMicaProspect
W F Holloway & J J Brown ProspectsMicaProspect
Will Cleveland ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Greenville County

Storms near this place

9 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conestee in 9 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
July 2013Flash FloodConestee$500,000Guilder Creek flooded East Butler Road to a depth of about 3 feet. One car was caught in the flooding and the occupant had to be rescued. A mobile home park on Old Mill Road was flooded and the residents evacuated. Corn Road next to Mauldin High was flooded at the bridge. The bridge was damaged, closing the road for several weeks. At least 8 homes suffered significant flood damage in Mauldin. Ashemore Bridge Road was flooded and impassable about a mile southwest of Mauldin.
June 2013Flash FloodConestee$25,000Very heavy rain fell across the Golden Strip of Greenville County, including the communities of Mauldin, Simpsonville and the Five Forks area. Rainfall amounts of 3 to 4 inches were common in this area. Severe urban flooding developed with water entering some businesses and private residences. Several roads were flooded and closed, including Holland Rd which was flooded by Bridge Fork Creek.
June 2025HailConestee-Public reported nickel size hail on Jarrah Place.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindConestee-Large tree limbs were blown down in the Belmont community.
March 2012HailConestee-Nickel size hail was reported on Ashmore Bridge Rd.
March 2011HailConestee-Hail up to the size of quarters covered the ground.
March 2011HailConestee-Penny size hail was reported from near Mauldin to Simpsonville.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindConestee-Quite a few trees were blown down along Fork Shoals Rd.
July 2009HailConestee-Hail was reported in the Conestee area.

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
Fern Creek1.0 miles12
Augusta Acres1.1 miles12
Sunset Forest1.1 miles12
Donaldson Heights1.4 miles12
Magnolia Acres1.5 miles12
Royal Oaks1.6 miles14
Adams Mill Estates1.6 miles12
Cavalier Woods1.6 miles12

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 ConesteeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q13420262The 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 1247366. 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.