Golden Grove, South Carolina
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Piedmont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29673. The Survey maps it on the Pelzer quadrangle. 3,002 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 876 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresGolden Grove grew from 2,348 to 3,002 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 | 2,348 | |
| 2010 | 2,467 | +119 (+5%) |
| 2020 | 3,002 | +535 (+22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Williamston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Pelzer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
135 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Golden Grove between 1992 and 2019, burning about 408 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 25 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 | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 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 Golden Grove: 4 prospects, 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placer Prospect 9-P | Iron, Thorium, Titanium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial | |
| River Road Plant | Sand | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Vulcan Materials Co. S. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Piedmont Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Saluda River Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| B E Woodson Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| R S Berry Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| W F Holloway & J J Brown Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Will Cleveland Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Golden Grove in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Golden Grove | $5,000 | NWS survey team found the path of a weak tornado that began in a wooded area just northeast of Lauren Trace Circle. A few trees were downed at this location, with one tree taking down a power line. The tornado intensified as it moved east/northeast from there, downing multiple trees and snapping numerous large limbs along a creek bed before uprooting multiple large trees at a home site on Prince Lake. The tornado continued east northeast, snapping large limbs and knocking down a few trees as it crossed Old Gunter Rd and Mellyn St. About a half-dozen medium to large trees were uprooted at a home between Mellyn St and Mellwood Dr. The tornado lifted shortly after crossing Mellwood Dr. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden Grove | - | Public reported (via Social Media) several trees blown down just east of Piedmont near Highway 25. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Golden Grove | - | Public reported hail up to the size of quarters fell along Piedmont Golf Course Rd. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden Grove | - | Highway Patrol reported a tree blown down at Lake El-Jema Dr and Piedmont Golf Course Rd and another tree down on Valley Brook Rd. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Golden Grove | - | Quarter size hail was reported in the Moonville community. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Golden Grove | - | Hail up to quarter size was reported near the intersection of highway 25 and I-185. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden Grove | - | Large tree limbs were broken off. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden Grove | - | Trees were blown down on Golf Course Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield Estates | 0.9 miles | 10 | |
| Belle Terre Acres | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Rockvale | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Lakeside | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Moonville | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Park Lane Terrace | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Pecan Terrace | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Spring Brook Terrace | 3.6 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 Golden Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2695701 | 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 1231328. 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.





