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.
Population over time
2 figuresDuncan 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,181 | |
| 2020 | 4,041 | +860 (+27%) |
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.
- 1935 USGS Greer quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Greer quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Greer quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Greer quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
101 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 52 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.6 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.8 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbuckle Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| H L Shelton Deposit | Mica | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
24 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Hail | Duncan | $1,000,000 | Spotters and the public reported up to golf ball size hail in the Duncan/Reidville/ Moore area. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncan | - | Multiple sources reported multiple trees and power lines blown down across central Spartanburg County, with a couple of trees down across roads. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncan | - | Highway patrol and the public reported multiple trees blown down across roads throughout central Spartanburg County. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncan | - | County comms reported a few trees blown down between Duncan and Moore. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncan | - | Media reported snapped trees and power outages near the intersection of South Spencer St and Woods Chapel Rd. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncan | - | 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 2012 | Hail | Duncan | - | Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported in the Duncan area. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncan | - | 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncan | - | Two large trees were blown down on Beech Springs Rd. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncan | - | Power lines were blown down on Bobo Rd in Lyman and on Church St in Duncan. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Duncan | - | Reported at Florence Chapel Middle School. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncan | - | 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 2008 | Hail | Duncan | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Duncan | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Duncan | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncan | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncan | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Flash Flood | Duncan | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncan | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Duncan | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Duncan | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Duncan | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncan | - | no account filed |
| March 1995 | Hail | Duncan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheryl Fields | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lyman | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Harveytown | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Serene Heights | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Tyger | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Holly Hill Heights | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Northview Acres | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Calina Heights | 2.2 miles | 14 |
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 Duncan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2052476 | 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 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.








