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Duncan, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Wellford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29334. The Survey maps it on the Greer quadrangle. 4,041 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 866 feet above sea level.

Duncan within Spartanburg County

Population over time

2 figures

Duncan grew from 3,181 to 4,041 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,181
20204,041+860 (+27%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

101 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Duncan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 517 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined52
Debris and open burning27
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
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
29 September 2007Debris and open burning5.6 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.8 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2009Debris and open burning3.9 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Duncan: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Granite. 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
Arbuckle QuarryGraniteProducer
H L Shelton DepositMicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Spartanburg County

Storms near this place

24 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duncan in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 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
May 2014HailDuncan$1,000,000Spotters and the public reported up to golf ball size hail in the Duncan/Reidville/ Moore area.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindDuncan-Multiple sources reported multiple trees and power lines blown down across central Spartanburg County, with a couple of trees down across roads.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindDuncan-Highway patrol and the public reported multiple trees blown down across roads throughout central Spartanburg County.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindDuncan-County comms reported a few trees blown down between Duncan and Moore.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindDuncan-Media reported snapped trees and power outages near the intersection of South Spencer St and Woods Chapel Rd.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDuncan-Highway Patrol reported a tree blown down at S Danzler Rd and E Victor Hill Rd. County comms reported power lines down on East Main St in Duncan.
April 2012HailDuncan-Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported in the Duncan area.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDuncan-Trees were blown down over the west-central part of the county in the Duncan area, including the intersection of highway 290 and Verne Smith Parkway and across the southbound lane of I-85 near the high 101 exit. Numerous large limbs were also blown down in this area.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindDuncan-Two large trees were blown down on Beech Springs Rd.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindDuncan-Power lines were blown down on Bobo Rd in Lyman and on Church St in Duncan.
May 2007HailDuncan-Reported at Florence Chapel Middle School.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindDuncan-A Bradford pear tree and numerous large tree limbs were blown down on Gap Creek Rd. Around 6000 customers were without power due to the storm.
April 2008HailDuncan-no account filed
August 2008HailDuncan-no account filed
August 2003HailDuncan-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindDuncan-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindDuncan-no account filed
March 2000Flash FloodDuncan-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindDuncan-no account filed
May 2000HailDuncan-no account filed
May 1999HailDuncan-no account filed
July 1997Flash FloodDuncan-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindDuncan-no account filed
March 1995HailDuncan-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
Cheryl Fields0.7 miles14
Lyman1.2 miles14
Harveytown1.2 miles14
Serene Heights1.4 miles14
Tyger1.8 miles14
Holly Hill Heights1.9 miles14
Northview Acres2.0 miles14
Calina Heights2.2 miles14

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 DuncanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2052476The 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 1247572. 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.