Fairview, South Carolina
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Greer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29651. The Survey maps it on the Taylors quadrangle.
On record in Fairview
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.
Earle R. Taylor House and Peach Packing Shedlisted 2012 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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 quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Taylors quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 Fairview: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnett & Simmons Deposits | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| H L Shelton Deposit | Mica | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
12 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairview in 12 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $2,000 | Public reported a tree was blown down on and destroyed a shed on Cumberland Dr. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Fairview | - | Public reported (via social media) ping pong ball size hail off Chanlder Rd. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | Fire dept reported a couple of trees and large limbs blown down in the Lake Cunningham Recreation Area. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Fairview | - | Multiple public reports of quarter size hail were received from the Greer area. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | FD reported multiple trees blown down in the Lake Cunningham area, including a tree down over McElhaney Rd. Another tree was down on Highway 101 in the same area, while multiple trees were also down on Highway 14 toward Highway 11. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Fairview | - | Public reported hail up to the size of half dollars off Highway 290. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Fairview | - | Quarter size hail was reported west of Lyman. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | Several trees were blown down in the Lake Cunningham area, with one tree on a house. Other trees were down along Main St in Taylors. Another tree fell on and damaged a house near the intersection of Hammett Bridge Rd and South Buncombe Rd. More trees fell in the Silver Leaf area, along Brushy Creek Rd and Old Spartanburg Rd. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Fairview | - | Nickel size hail was reported off North Rutherford Rd. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | Wind blew down a tree on Mountain View Rd on the west side of Greer. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | Trees were blown down across Lake Cunningham Rd and on highway 101. Large tree limbs were also blown down on Cedar Lane. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Fairview | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burgiss Hills | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Laurel Hills | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| King Acres | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Kings (historical) | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Vernon Estates | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Suber | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Groveland Dell | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Pinewood Estates | 1.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231274. 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.







