Fingerville, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fingerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29349. It stands on Obed Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fingerville West quadrangle. 174 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 889 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFingerville grew from 134 to 174 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 | 134 | |
| 2020 | 174 | +40 (+30%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1907 USGS Saluda quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Inman quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Fingerville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Hendersonville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
151 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Fingerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 533 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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 | 65 |
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.2 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Fingerville: 3 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E W. Foster Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Mcmillan Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| North Pacolet River Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Avery Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Senia Prospect | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
18 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fingerville in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Fingerville | $1,000 | County comms reported multiple roads were inundated from a combination of poor drainage and small stream flooding after 4 to 7 inches of rain fell over extreme northeast Spartanburg County in just a couple of hours. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Fingerville | - | Public reported nickel to quarter size hail near the Lake Bowen dam. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fingerville | - | Public reported three trees split near Lake Bowen dam. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Fingerville | - | Spotter reported up to quarter size hail partially covering the ground near Peachtree Rd. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fingerville | - | County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down in the Fingerville area. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Fingerville | - | Spotter relayed report of quarter size hail. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fingerville | - | Highway patrol reported a tree blown down at River Oak Rd and Mud Creek Rd and another tree down at Highway 11 and Parris Bridge Rd. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fingerville | - | County comms reported multiple trees blown down on River Bend Rd and Rainbow Lake Rd near Fingerville. Highway Patrol reported a tree blown down at Sugar Ridge Rd and Clark Rd in Boiling Springs. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fingerville | - | FD reported a tree blown down on Old Melvin Hill Rd (4.5 WNW) and another tree down on power lines in the Cooley Springs area (3 E). |
| May 2013 | Heavy Rain | Fingerville | - | A vehicle was stuck in 1 foot of water on Cannon Ford Road off of Highway 11. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fingerville | - | Trees were blown down on power lines. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fingerville | - | A tree was blown down at Ghost Valley Rd and Rainbow Lake Rd. Additional trees|and power lines were downed on Lake Rainbow Rd inside the city limits. |
| November 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fingerville | - | Trees were blown down in the Fingerville area. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fingerville | - | Several large tree limbs blown down and a storage building overturned. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Fingerville | - | Hail was reported from Fingerville to Lake Bowen. |
| December 2005 | Hail | Fingerville | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Fingerville | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fingerville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Arrow | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Bryants Store (historical) | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| New Prospect | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Clark Estates | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| River Oaks | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Little Africa | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| River Oak Ranchettes | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Cooley Springs | 3.1 miles | 15 |
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 Fingerville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5450302 | 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 1231283. 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.







