Fork Shoals, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Woodville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29669. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fork Shoals quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Williamston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Fork Shoals quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
127 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Fork Shoals between 1992 and 2020, burning about 436 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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 | 55 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fork Shoals: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Thorium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waldrop | Iron, Titanium, Thorium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial |
Storms near this place
25 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fork Shoals in 25 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 14 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fork Shoals | - | County comms reported several trees blown down near the intersection of Highways 25 and 76. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fork Shoals | - | Fire dept reported dozens of trees blown down in the area centered around Kirby Road and Penson Road. Public confirmed additional trees down on nearby Flatrock Rd. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fork Shoals | - | Public reported multiple trees and a power line blown down on South Old Fairview Rd. Other trees reported down in the general Fork Shoals area. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fork Shoals | - | Public reported numerous trees blown down along Jenkins Bridge Rd in the Fountain Inn area, multiple trees blown down near Fairview Rd and Highway 14 in Simpsonville, two large trees down on Merrifield Drive and Gateway Street on the east side of Greenville, and large tree limbs down in the Greer area. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fork Shoals | - | Public reported multiple trees blown down in far southern Greenville County. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fork Shoals | - | Highway patrol reported a tree blown down at Fork Shoals Rd and McKelvey Rd. Media reported another tree down on Waterton Way in Simpsonville. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Fork Shoals | - | Public reported quarter size hail near Fork Shoals. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Fork Shoals | - | Up to quarter size hail fell near Fork Shoals. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fork Shoals | - | Multiple trees were blown down on South Moore Rd near Hillside Church Rd. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fork Shoals | - | A few trees were blown down along Mountain Creek Rd. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fork Shoals | - | A tree was blown down near the intersection of Fairview Church Rd and Nelson Dr. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fork Shoals | - | Two trees were blown down at the intersection of Fairview Rd and Tall Pines Rd. |
| February 2010 | Flood | Fork Shoals | - | Flooding developed along the Reedy River in the Simpsonville area in the late afternoon, flooding Marler Rd. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fork Shoals | - | A tree was blown down near the intersection of Dunklin Bridge Rd and McKelvey Rd. |
| November 2009 | Flood | Fork Shoals | - | Flooding developed along lower portions of the Reedy River in response to runoff from 4 to 5 inches of storm total rainfall. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fork Shoals | - | Two trees down on highway 76 near the Laurens County line. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fork Shoals | - | Several large trees were blown down across roads. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Fork Shoals | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Fork Shoals | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Fork Shoals | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Fork Shoals | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Fork Shoals | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fork Shoals | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Fork Shoals | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Fork Shoals | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lickville | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| McKelvey Crossroads | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Ware Place | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Duncan Township | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Woodville | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Canterbury | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Westwood South | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Hunters Woods | 6.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1247801. 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.





