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Gloverville, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the North Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29851. The Survey maps it on the Graniteville quadrangle. 2,406 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 203 feet above sea level.

Gloverville within Aiken County

Population over time

2 figures

Gloverville fell from 2,831 to 2,406 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,831
20202,406-425 (-15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

587 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 587 fires within 5 miles of Gloverville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,602 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 109 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/undetermined167
Debris and open burning150
Arson/incendiarism109
Misuse of fire by a minor94
Equipment and vehicle use16
Natural13
Smoking9
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Other causes7
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Fireworks3

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
9 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2008Natural2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Gloverville: 22 past producers, 16 unknowns, 13 producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Titanium, Zirconium. 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
Horse CreekTitanium, Zirconium, REE, ThoriumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Horse CreekREEPast Producer
Unidentified MineStone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous Intrusive
Unidentified Mine(Horse Creek Mine)Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, TitaniumPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Aiken Kaolin DistrictKaolinProducer1852
Barden MineKaolinUnknown
Graniteville MineKaolinProducer
Langley MineKaolinProducer
G.L.Williams PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gene Williams Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Aiken County

Storms near this place

15 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gloverville in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2018Thunderstorm WindGloverville$60,000Aiken Co Emergency Manager reported that the steeple at Langley First Baptist Church, on Augusta Rd near Warrenville, had been blown down. Because the steeple was hollow and made of aluminum, it is thought that it was downed by sub-severe wind speeds. Local media reports that the damage may exceed $60K.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindGloverville$14,000SKYWARN spotter reported trees and powerlines down in the Langley area.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindGloverville$14,000Sheriff reported trees down in Warrenvill and Bath.
December 2009Thunderstorm WindGloverville$2,000Sage Valley Golf Course reported several trees down on the course.
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Gloverville-A National Weather Service Storm Survey team confirmed a brief high-end EF-1 tornado with winds up to 105 mph in Langley, SC that occurred around 330 am. The tornado began near Pinecrest Drive snapping several large branches before uprooting numerous trees in Langley Cemetery. Moving northwest, the tornado snapped numerous trees and caused minor roof damage to multiple homes between Piney House Road and Chaffee Street. After crossing near Cushman Road, the tornado caused substantial tree, siding, and shingle damage between Piney Heights Road and Dunbar Street. The fire department and adjacent structures along Augusta Road then sustained high-end EF-1 damage with garage door failure, outbuildings destroyed, and the metal roofing ripped off and thrown several hundred yards. Additional tree damage occurred along Langley Dam Road with dozens of uprooted trees before dissipating near Jefferson Davis Highway.
May 2025HailGloverville-Public report of 1 inch hail a mile north of Burnettown.
December 2019Flash FloodGloverville-Director of Aiken Co SC Emergency Management confirmed that Glenwood Dr was flooded downstream of a breached dam. Times estimated.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindGloverville-Fire caused by downed power lines.
April 2015Tornado (EF2)Gloverville-NWS storm survey found an EF2 tornado touched down near Glenwood Drive and continued across south and southeast Aiken to I-20. Numerous trees and many homes, vehicles, and other structures were damaged on the south side of Aiken.
June 2011HailGloverville-Public reported quarter size hail in the Gloverville area.
May 2008HailGloverville-TV 12 meteorologist reported nickel size hail at his home.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGloverville-Public reported two large trees down at Vaucluse and Good Springs Roads. Dime size hail was also reported.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindGloverville-WAGT TV reported trees and powerlines down in the Gloverville area.
May 1993HailGloverville-Thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on an unoccupied car
April 1997HailGloverville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Aiken 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
Langley0.9 miles19
Langley Villa1.0 miles19
Burnettown1.2 miles19
Mixville1.3 miles19
Jacksonville1.7 miles19
Midland Valley1.8 miles19
Lynwood2.0 miles19
Warrenville2.2 miles19

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 GlovervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2140499The 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 1231324. 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.