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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.

Fork Shoals within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

127 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined55
Debris and open burning37
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Natural2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2010Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
WaldropIron, Titanium, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial

Every working recorded in Greenville County

Storms near this place

25 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2023Thunderstorm WindFork Shoals-County comms reported several trees blown down near the intersection of Highways 25 and 76.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindFork 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 2020Thunderstorm WindFork 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 2020Thunderstorm WindFork 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 2019Thunderstorm WindFork Shoals-Public reported multiple trees blown down in far southern Greenville County.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindFork 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 2014HailFork Shoals-Public reported quarter size hail near Fork Shoals.
August 2013HailFork Shoals-Up to quarter size hail fell near Fork Shoals.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindFork Shoals-Multiple trees were blown down on South Moore Rd near Hillside Church Rd.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindFork Shoals-A few trees were blown down along Mountain Creek Rd.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindFork Shoals-A tree was blown down near the intersection of Fairview Church Rd and Nelson Dr.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindFork Shoals-Two trees were blown down at the intersection of Fairview Rd and Tall Pines Rd.
February 2010FloodFork Shoals-Flooding developed along the Reedy River in the Simpsonville area in the late afternoon, flooding Marler Rd.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindFork Shoals-A tree was blown down near the intersection of Dunklin Bridge Rd and McKelvey Rd.
November 2009FloodFork Shoals-Flooding developed along lower portions of the Reedy River in response to runoff from 4 to 5 inches of storm total rainfall.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindFork Shoals-Two trees down on highway 76 near the Laurens County line.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindFork Shoals-Several large trees were blown down across roads.
June 2011HailFork Shoals-no account filed
August 2011HailFork Shoals-no account filed
June 2009HailFork Shoals-no account filed
August 2007HailFork Shoals-no account filed
March 2005HailFork Shoals-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindFork Shoals-no account filed
May 1998HailFork Shoals-no account filed
June 1997HailFork Shoals-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
Lickville1.5 miles9
McKelvey Crossroads3.5 miles9
Ware Place4.5 miles10
Duncan Township4.6 miles9
Woodville4.7 miles10
Canterbury6.7 miles10
Westwood South6.7 miles10
Hunters Woods6.8 miles10

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.