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Fairmont, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Fairmont Mills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29301. It stands on Jimmies Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wellford quadrangle.

Fairmont within Spartanburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

130 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Fairmont between 1992 and 2019, burning about 406 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined71
Debris and open burning33
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2007Debris and open burning1.4 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fairmont: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium. 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
Tyger RiverThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial

Every working recorded in Spartanburg County

Storms near this place

10 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairmont in 10 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2024HailFairmont-Public reported nickel size hail on Scenic Oak Dr.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindFairmont-Multiple sources reported numerous trees blown down, some of which fell on power lines, along with some downed fences and flipped trampolines from the Moore and Roebuck areas across the south side of Spartanburg.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindFairmont-Emergency management reported multiple trees and power lines blown down across Spartanburg and vicinity.
April 2021Tornado (EF0)Fairmont-NWS storm survey found the path of a short, weak tornado that began just west of the intersection of Highways 290 and 417. Damage was primarily limited to downed trees as the tornado tracked almost due north, paralleling Highway 417 before lifting just north of Highway 296.
June 2011HailFairmont-Several reports of dime to nickel size hail were received from about 6 miles southeast of Lyman.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindFairmont-Multiple trees were blown down, one onto a garage, and a business sign was blown down near the intersection of highway 290 and 296.
June 2011HailFairmont-Dime to nickel size hail was reported near the intersection of highway 290 and highway|296.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindFairmont-Two trees and several large limbs were blown down near the intersection of Nazareth Church Rd and Anderson Mill Rd.
March 2010HailFairmont-Hail slightly larger than quarter size was reported near the intersection of highways 296 and 290.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindFairmont-Several small trees were blown down along highway 417 and a large tree was blown down on Campground Rd near I-26.

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
Pinebrook0.6 miles13
Brookhaven0.7 miles13
Pine Grove0.9 miles13
Greenridge1.1 miles13
Cambridge1.1 miles13
Twin Lakes1.1 miles13
Larkin1.6 miles13
Lake Ridge1.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1247707. 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.