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Greer, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Greer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29650. The Survey maps it on the Greer quadrangle. 35,308 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,024 feet above sea level.

Greer within Greenville County

On record in Greer

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 11 records

Population over time

2 figures

Greer grew from 25,515 to 35,308 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
201025,515
202035,308+9,793 (+38%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

57 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Greer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 291 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined33
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
4 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.8 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Greer: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Granite. 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
Arbuckle QuarryGraniteProducer
H L Shelton DepositMicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Greenville County

Storms near this place

46 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greer in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 23 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 3 injuries. 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
March 1996Thunderstorm WindGreer1 killed, 3 hurt, $100,000no account filed
February 2020FloodGreer$1,000,000Although rainfall rates steadily decreased across Greenville County through the evening hours flooding persisted within the Saluda Enoree and Reedy River basins well into the overnight hours. Major flooding developed along the Saluda River during this time from west Greenville to Piedmont to West Pelzer with water inundating several homes and numerous roads flooded. This was the most significant flooding along that portion of the Saluda since October 1964, while Reedy River flooding in the Greenville area was the worst since September 2004. Flooding ended in most areas during the pre-dawn hours of the 7th although river flooding persisted along the Saluda River through the evening of the 7th.
June 2010Flash FloodGreer$20,000Some apartment units at Poplar Place Apartments were flooded due to Maple Creek overflowing its banks as well as drainage issues.
May 1999LightningGreer$20,000no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodGreer$10,000Several inches of rain fell in just over an hour, resulting in flooding in and around Greer. Numerous roads were flooded. In Pelham, damage was done to a highway that was under construction.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindGreer$5,000Several trees were blown down throughout the city.
August 1998LightningGreer$5,000Gusty winds or lightning, most likely lightning, caused a tree to split in downtown Greer. The tree fell on a storefront awning.
March 2016HailGreer-NWS employee reported 3/4 inch hail.
June 2014HailGreer-Spotter reported penny size hail in the Blue Ridge community.
April 2012HailGreer-Quarter size hail fell near Greer High School.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindGreer-Large tree limbs were blown down in the Greer area.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindGreer-Trees were blown down along highway 14 in the Greer area.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindGreer-A tree was blown down near the intersection of Batesville Rd and Old Spartanburg Rd in Greer. Two other trees were downed on Roper Mountain Rd in the Five Forks area, and a tree was downed on Piney Mountain Rd in Greenville.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGreer-Multiple trees were blown down, some onto power lines, northwest of Greer.
February 2007HailGreer-Reported on highway 14 near Barry Hill Rd.
August 2007HailGreer-Reported at the intersection of Suber Rd and Brushy Creek Rd.
April 2006HailGreer-Reported on Wade Hampton Ave.
April 2006HailGreer-Nickel size hail at the intersection of highway 14 and I-85.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindGreer-Shingles blown off a utility building and several large limbs down.
June 2006HailGreer-Hail lasted about 10 minutes.
August 2006Heavy RainGreer-Urban flooding of several flood-prone intersections on Wade Hampton Bvd in Greer. Some of the intersections were covered with more than a foot of water.
June 2005HailGreer-Reported at intersection of Ansel School Rd and highway 14.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindGreer-A couple of trees were blown down near the intersection of Bulls Rd and highway 290.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindGreer-Several trees and large tree limbs were blown down along highway 290.
May 2003HailGreer-Hail accumulated to depths of 6 to 12 inches.
May 2003HailGreer-Hail fell in the Glassy Mountain area.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindGreer-Some large trees were blown down.
April 2001HailGreer-Storm spotter reported dime-sized hail in downtown Greer.
October 2001HailGreer-Police reported dime-sized hail fell in Greer.
May 2008HailGreer-no account filed
May 2007HailGreer-no account filed
May 2007HailGreer-no account filed
May 2006HailGreer-no account filed
May 2005HailGreer-no account filed
July 2004HailGreer-no account filed
July 2004HailGreer-no account filed
February 2000Thunderstorm WindGreer-no account filed
July 2000HailGreer-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindGreer-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGreer-no account filed
May 1998HailGreer-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGreer-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindGreer-no account filed
June 1996LightningGreer-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindGreer-no account filed
January 1995HailGreer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greenville 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
Maple0.8 miles14
Bonaire Acres1.2 miles14
Forest Hills1.2 miles14
Lakeview Heights1.4 miles14
Mount Vernon Estates1.5 miles11
Kings (historical)1.6 miles11
Burgiss Hills1.7 miles11
Brookhaven1.8 miles14

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 GreerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q647464The 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 1245847. 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.