Glendale, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Spartanburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29346. It stands on Fourmile Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pacolet quadrangle. 244 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
On record in Glendale
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 1 record
Bivings-Converse Houselisted 1995
Population over time
2 figuresGlendale fell from 307 to 244 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 | 307 | |
| 2020 | 244 | -63 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Pacolet quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Glendale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 494 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 4.6 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 2011 | Fireworks | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Glendale: 4 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammet Mine, Crocker Mine | Gold, Copper | Unknown | 1818, 1825, 1857 | |
| Pacolet Mill | Feldspar | Plant | ||
| Chapman Sand Plant #6 (Converse) | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Deaton's Sand Pit | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Hammet Grove Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Metamorphic Stratform | |
| Pacolet Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Igneous | |
| Pacolet Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pacolet River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Pacolet River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glendale in 8 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood, 1 lightning. 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 2016 | Lightning | Glendale | $20,000 | Media reported lightning struck and ignited a fire at a home on Indian Creek Rd. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendale | $2,000 | County comms reported several power lines blown down damaged power poles on the east side of Spartanburg. |
| October 2015 | Flood | Glendale | $1,000 | Although heavy rain ended across the Spartanburg area by the pre-dawn hours, runoff Lawsons Fork Creek remaining above flood stage for a few more hours. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendale | - | Emergency manager reported multiple trees and power lines blown down around the Glendale community and two trees down along Pine Ridge Rd. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendale | - | Multiple large limbs were blown down on Bethesda Rd 7 miles east of Spartanburg. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendale | - | A tree was blown down on Fernwood Glendale Rd about 5 miles east of Spartanburg and another on Goldmine Rd at Bethesda Rd. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Glendale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quail Hollow | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Calhoun Lake | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Spring Lake | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Pierce Acres | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Oak Creek | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Sundance | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Country Club Estates | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Cinder Creek | 1.7 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 Glendale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5568336 | 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 1245752. 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.








