East Gantt, South Carolina
14 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 Marrow Bone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle.
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 Greenville quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of East Gantt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 374 acres in total. 1 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 | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of East Gantt: 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Thorium, Iron, Thorium, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Brooks | Iron, Titanium, Thorium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial | |
| Placer Prospect 9-P | Iron, Thorium, Titanium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial | |
| Vulcan Materials Co. S. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Willimon Mine | Mica, Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Boling Mine | Mica | Past Producer | Pegmatite | |
| Boling Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| R S Berry Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| W F Holloway & J J Brown Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Will Cleveland Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
11 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Gantt in 11 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Gantt | $250,000 | Emergency manager and NWS employee reported numerous trees blown down in the area centered around the Greenville Country Club. Multiple homes were damaged by fallen trees. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Gantt | $10,000 | Highway department reported a tree blown down on Pine Creek Dr. Public reported (via Social Media) another tree down on a home on Fargo St in Mauldin. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Gantt | - | Public reported trees blown down at Kennedy Dr and Daisy Dr, and trees down on power lines and causing an outage on Douglas Dr. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Gantt | - | Highway Patrol reported trees blown down and blocking a portion of I-85 near mile marker 47. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Gantt | - | A couple trees were blown down on Mauldin Rd. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Gantt | - | Trees were blown down on Jacobs Rd and South Fairfield Rd a few miles south of Greenville. |
| June 2013 | Heavy Rain | East Gantt | - | Deep ponding of water was impeding traffic at the intersection of I-85 and Laurens Road. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Gantt | - | A tree was blown down on Pine Creek Ct and another on Pine Creek Rd at Williamsburg Dr. |
| July 2012 | Hail | East Gantt | - | Pea to penny size hail was reported on Tallulah Dr. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Gantt | - | Several trees were blown down along Rock Creek Dr and surrounding areas. One tree fell on a home. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Gantt | - | Trees were blown down along Fairmont Dr in the Gantt community. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Oaks | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Pecan Terrace | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Fairfield Acres | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Park Lane Terrace | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| South Forest Estates | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Donaldson Heights | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Roseman Heights | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Brookforest Estates | 1.1 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.
| Wikidata item Q122556653 | 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 1231254. 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.








