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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.

Fairview within Greenville County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

58 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning14
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism3

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
5 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barnett & Simmons DepositsMicaOccurrence
H L Shelton DepositMicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Greenville County

Storms near this place

12 since 2009

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2017Thunderstorm WindFairview$2,000Public reported a tree was blown down on and destroyed a shed on Cumberland Dr.
May 2020HailFairview-Public reported (via social media) ping pong ball size hail off Chanlder Rd.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindFairview-Fire dept reported a couple of trees and large limbs blown down in the Lake Cunningham Recreation Area.
June 2018HailFairview-Multiple public reports of quarter size hail were received from the Greer area.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindFairview-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 2015HailFairview-Public reported hail up to the size of half dollars off Highway 290.
July 2013HailFairview-Quarter size hail was reported west of Lyman.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindFairview-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 2011HailFairview-Nickel size hail was reported off North Rutherford Rd.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindFairview-Wind blew down a tree on Mountain View Rd on the west side of Greer.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindFairview-Trees were blown down across Lake Cunningham Rd and on highway 101. Large tree limbs were also blown down on Cedar Lane.
July 2013HailFairview-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greenville 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
Burgiss Hills0.6 miles11
Laurel Hills0.7 miles11
King Acres0.7 miles11
Kings (historical)0.9 miles11
Mount Vernon Estates0.9 miles11
Suber1.1 miles11
Groveland Dell1.2 miles11
Pinewood Estates1.3 miles11

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.