Craytonville, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Honea Path census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29627. It stands on Cherokee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Honea Path quadrangle. It stands 810 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1892 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Honea Path quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Craytonville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 606 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 18 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 | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Craytonville: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Kyanite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Piedmont Kyn Belt | Kyanite | Occurrence | STRATABOUND |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Craytonville in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2013: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craytonville | - | A tree was blown down near highway 20 at Austin Rd and another tree was blown down near Brick Mill Rd and highway 76. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craytonville | - | Trees were blown down on Belton-Honea Path Highway, 2 miles northwest of Honea Path, and at the intersection of highways 178 and 76 in Honea Path. Other trees|were blown down on Firetower Rd and Austin Rd, both about 4 miles west Honea Path. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craytonville | - | Multiple trees were blown down across southeast Anderson County, including on Rodgers Rd, Holiday Dam Rd and Cannon Bottom Rd. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Craytonville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saylors Crossroads | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Dosheno | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Burris | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| High Point | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Honea Path | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Meadow Brook | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Belton | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Campbell | 6.5 miles | 17 |
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 Craytonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48850572 | 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 1247421. 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.




