Glymphville, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pomaria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29126. The Survey maps it on the Blair quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1904 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Blair quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Glymphville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 285 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.4 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | FS400 |
| 26 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | MT. PLEASANT |
| 19 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Glymphville: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Dimension, Granite, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blair Quarry | Granite | Unknown | Igneous | |
| Blair Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | 1908 | |
| Blair Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dickert Quarry | Granite, Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | 1908 |
Storms near this place
13 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glymphville in 13 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glymphville | $2,000 | Highway Patrol reported trees down near the intersection of Mt. Pleasant Road and Ringer Road. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glymphville | $2,000 | Newberry Electric reported a few trees, large limbs, and lines down west of Blair on Old Blair road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glymphville | $1,000 | County Emergency Manager reported a power line down along Mt. Pleasant Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glymphville | - | Newberry County dispatch reports trees down at Mt. Pleasant Road and Glymphville Road. Time estimated by radar. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glymphville | - | Newberry County EM reported a tree down along Broad River Road. Time estimated based on radar. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glymphville | - | SC Department of Public Safety reported trees down on Highway 34 near the intersection of Broad River Road. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glymphville | - | Newberry County dispatch reported a tree down on Mt. Pleasant Rd at Ringer Dr north of Pomaria. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glymphville | - | SC Hwy Patrol reported trees down at the intersection of SC Hwy 34 and Broad River Rd. Time estimated. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Glymphville | - | Public reported nickel size hail near the intersection of Highway 34 and Broad River Road. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Glymphville | - | Public reported quarter size hail fell along Hwy 34 and Broad River Road. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Glymphville | - | Public reported dime size hail in the Glymphville area. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glymphville | - | Sheriff dispatch reported several large limbs down on Maybinton road and Gilliam Spring road. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glymphville | - | Trees down on SC HIGHWAY 34...2 miles west of teh Fairfield County line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilliam Spring (historical) | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Cravenhill (historical) | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Walton (historical) | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Reuben (historical) | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Maybinton | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Hayne (historical) | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Sondleys (historical) | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Keitts Crossroads | 5.9 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122570886 | 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 1231326. 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.







