Gantt, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29605. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle. 15,006 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 981 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresGantt grew from 13,962 to 15,006 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13,962 | |
| 2010 | 14,229 | +267 (+2%) |
| 2020 | 15,006 | +777 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1935 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
97 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Gantt between 1992 and 2018, burning about 367 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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 | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Gantt: 4 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgcomb Steel--Greenville, S.C. | Iron, Aluminum | Producer | ||
| Vulcan Materials Co. S. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| B E Woodson Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Boling Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| R S Berry Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| W F Holloway & J J Brown Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Will Cleveland Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
16 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gantt in 16 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Gantt | $250,000 | Emergency manager and NWS employee reported numerous trees blown down in the area centered around the Greenville Country Club. Multiple homes were damaged by fallen trees. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Gantt | $10,000 | Highway department reported a tree blown down on Pine Creek Dr. Public reported (via Social Media) another tree down on a home on Fargo St in Mauldin. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Gantt | - | Public reported trees blown down at Kennedy Dr and Daisy Dr, and trees down on power lines and causing an outage on Douglas Dr. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Gantt | - | Highway Patrol reported trees blown down and blocking a portion of I-85 near mile marker 47. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Gantt | - | Public reported quarter size hail in the Gantt community of south Greenville. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gantt | - | Highway Patrol reported a tree blown down on Grove Rd (4 SSW downtown Greenville) and another tree down at I-85 and I-185 (5 SSW). |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Gantt | - | A couple trees were blown down on Mauldin Rd. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Gantt | - | Trees were blown down on Jacobs Rd and South Fairfield Rd a few miles south of Greenville. |
| June 2013 | Heavy Rain | East Gantt | - | Deep ponding of water was impeding traffic at the intersection of I-85 and Laurens Road. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Gantt | - | A tree was blown down on Pine Creek Ct and another on Pine Creek Rd at Williamsburg Dr. |
| July 2012 | Hail | East Gantt | - | Pea to penny size hail was reported on Tallulah Dr. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Gantt | - | Penny size hail fell near the intersection of I-85 and White Horse Rd. A spotter also reported penny size hail at the intersection of I-85 and highway 276. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gantt | - | Trees were blown down on Creek Shore Dr. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Gantt | - | Several trees were blown down along Rock Creek Dr and surrounding areas. One tree fell on a home. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gantt | - | Public reported an area of significant wind damage, with numerous trees snapped off and uprooted along Faris Rd near Greenville Memorial Hospital, extending east to Sunset Dr and Augusta St. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Gantt | - | Trees were blown down along Fairmont Dr in the Gantt community. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biltmore | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Glendale | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Staunton Heights | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Chestnut Hills | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Supreme Forest | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Elizabeth Heights | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Cutler Ridge | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| West Gantt | 1.2 miles | 14 |
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 Gantt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2656638 | 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 1222636. 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.








