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Drayton, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Spartanburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29307. It stands on Chinquapin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spartanburg quadrangle. 1,115 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 728 feet above sea level.

Drayton within Spartanburg County

On record in Drayton

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Drayton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 388 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined54
Debris and open burning17
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Natural2
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
16 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spartanburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Drayton: 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Iron, Sand. 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
Chapman Sand Plant #6 (Converse)SandUnknownSedimentary
North SpartanburgTitanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Pacolet River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Pacolet River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Spartanburg County

Storms near this place

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Drayton in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 1994HailDrayton$500A rotating thunderstorm moved from central Greenville County across Spartanburg County and Cherokee County before weakening. Although it contained a well defined wall cloud and funnel cloud south of the Greenville/Spartanburg Airport it did not become severe until it reached eastern Spartanburg County. There it produced large hail and some wind damage in the form of downed trees and power lines. At least one tree fell on a car and power was knocked out to about 1,000 people for several hours.
April 2025HailDrayton-Public reported 3/4 inch hail along Bain Dr.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindDrayton-County comms reported trees blown down on Winfield Dr and on Ransdell Dr.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindDrayton-County comms reported trees blown down at the intersection of E Main St and Haywood Ave and on Beechwood Dr in east Spartanburg and on Crocker Rd east of the city.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindDrayton-Spotter reported multiple large tree limbs blown down near the intersection of Cannon Campground Rd. and Plainview Dr.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDrayton-Multiple trees, power lines, and limbs were down across the east side of Spartanburg. A high tension wire was also blown down in the Hillbrook area.
August 2011HailDrayton-Golf ball size hail fell in the Drayton area.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindDrayton-Multiple large limbs and a few trees were blown down from highway 29 west of Spartanburg to near the intersection of Dogwood Club Rd and S Pine St.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindDrayton-Trees were down on Plainview Dr.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindDrayton-A few trees were blown down.
March 1996HailDrayton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Spartanburg 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
Hillcrest0.6 miles18
Lawson0.7 miles18
Fairview Heights0.8 miles18
Fernwood Farms0.9 miles18
Whitney Heights1.2 miles18
Allen Acres1.3 miles18
Converse Heights1.3 miles18
Farmfields1.4 miles18

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 DraytonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22073094The 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 1231240. 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.