Fountain Inn, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Fountain Inn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29644. The Survey maps it on the Fountain Inn quadrangle. 10,416 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 866 feet above sea level.
On record in Fountain Inn
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 9 records
Cannon Buildinglisted 2005
Fairview Presbyterian Churchlisted 1977
Fountain Inn High Schoollisted 2009
Fountain Inn Principal's House and Teacheragelisted 2011
James A. Fulmer Houselisted 2015
McDowell Houselisted 2010
Robert Quillen Office and Librarylisted 2012
Tullytonlisted 1990- Ellison Flour Milllisted 2022
Population over time
2 figuresFountain Inn grew from 7,799 to 10,416 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 | 7,799 | |
| 2020 | 10,416 | +2,617 (+34%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Fountain Inn quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Fountain Inn quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
106 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Fountain Inn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 268 acres in total. 4 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 | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.6 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | 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 Fountain Inn: 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coke Cooper Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Fountain Inn Prospect | Gold | Unknown | Vein |
Storms near this place
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fountain Inn in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 13 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Inn | $50,000 | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Flash Flood | Fountain Inn | $20,000 | Flooding developed quickly across Greenville County during mid-evening. Numerous automobiles were stranded in water in the southern and eastern parts of the county. Flash flooding occurred around Fork Shoals, along highway 25 south of Greenville, and along Jones Mill Rd east of Fountain Inn. Gilder Creek flooded from Mauldin downstream to the Enoree River. Water from the flooded creek covered a bridge at E Georgia Rd. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Inn | $3,000 | Multiple trees blown down, with at least 1 tree on a house. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Fountain Inn | - | Ham radio operator reported quarter size hail in the Fountain Inn area. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Inn | - | NWS co-op observer reported minor damage to a garage door and multiple large tree limbs blown down near the intersection of Highways 651 and 418. |
| January 2014 | Flash Flood | Fountain Inn | - | Farmwood Drive was flooded by Payne Branch, cutting off three houses. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Inn | - | A tree and power lines were blown down near the intersection of Nash Mill Rd and Tall Pines Rd. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Inn | - | A large tree was blown down on power lines on Gulliver St in Fountain Inn. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Inn | - | Trees uprooted on Abercrombie Rd. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Inn | - | Two power poles blown down near the intersection of I-385 and Fairview St. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Inn | - | Several large tree limbs blown down on Terry Rd. |
| September 2002 | Flash Flood | Fountain Inn | - | Overflowing creeks caused flooding of roads and bridges. Rescues from vehicles were required around Ashmore Bridge Rd, Neely Ferry Rd, and nearby sections. Some homes were also flooded in Simpsonville. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Fountain Inn | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Fountain Inn | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Fountain Inn | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Fountain Inn | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Fountain Inn | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Fountain Inn | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Fountain Inn | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Inn | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Inn | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Fountain Inn | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Fountain Inn | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Fountain Inn | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Fountain Inn | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Fountain Inn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaylords Crossroads | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Powderhorn | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Poinsettia | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| The Cedars | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Hunters Woods | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Brentwood | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Westwood South | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Simpsonville | 4.5 miles | 10 |
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 Fountain Inn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3243550 | 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 1222514. 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.





