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Hickory Grove, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hickory Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29717. The Survey maps it on the Hickory Grove quadrangle. 449 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 682 feet above sea level.

Hickory Grove within York County

On record in Hickory Grove

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

Population over time

3 figures

Hickory Grove grew from 337 to 449 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.

YearPeople Change
2000337
2010440+103 (+31%)
2020449+9 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Hickory Grove between 1992 and 2018, burning about 364 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined38
Debris and open burning25
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 72 workings within 5 miles of Hickory Grove: 35 unknowns, 24 past producers, 7 prospects, 5 occurrences. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sulfur, Copper, Kyanite. 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
Almathea MineGold, CopperUnknown1913
Carroll and Ross MineGold, Sulfur, CopperPast Producer
Castles ProspectGold, Lead, SilverUnknown1952
Castles ProspectGold, Lead, Silver, SulfurProspect
Dewitt Blanton PropertyManganeseProspect
Hull Prospect and PlacerGold, Tellurium, BismuthUnknown1960
McKnight ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Mccaw MineSilver, Copper, Gold, Iron, SulfurUnknown1904, 1905
Mullis MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Schlegemich MineGold, Silver, CopperUnknownVein

Every working recorded in York County

Storms near this place

23 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hickory Grove in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindHickory Grove1 hurtCounty comms reported numerous trees blown down across the county. Around a dozen homes were damaged by falling trees. One woman was injured on Owens Rd in York when a tree fell on her home. Several other homes were damaged or destroyed in|the York area. Other homes damaged by falling trees included a home near downtown Rock Hill and two homes on Lakeview Dr in Fort Mill. The ASOS at the Rock Hill airport measured a 58 mph gust at 1:00 AM.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHickory Grove$20,000Emergency manager reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across all of York County. At least one tree fell through the roof of a house near York and another tree fell on a fence.
August 2025Flash FloodHickory Grove$2,000Emergency manager reported flash flooding developed across central and southern York County after 3.5 to 5.5 inches of rain fell in just a few hours. Inundation of Wilson Chapel Rd occurred in the Sharon area, likely due to Bullock Creek overflowing its banks. One lane of Bookout Rd in McConnells was flooded by water from South Fork Fishing Creek. A tributary of Stony Fork flooded Stallcup Rd just southwest of Rock Hill. Phil Grant Rd was washed out near Strait Rd near the Chester County line due to a small drainage. Additionally, extensive yard flooding was reported in a neighborhood on the north side of Rock Hill due to Big Dutchman Creek overflowing its banks. However, other than water entering a couple of outbuildings, no structures or roads were impacted in this area.
April 1998HailHickory Grove$1,000no account filed
October 2023Thunderstorm WindHickory Grove-County comms reported power lines blown down on Potato House Rd at Wylie Rd and on Sherer Rd.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHickory Grove-County comms reported several trees blown down near the intersection of Dagnal Rd and Hopewell Rd.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindHickory Grove-County comms reported numerous trees and power lines blown down, mainly in the western part of York County.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindHickory Grove-Fire department reported several trees blown down in areas south of Hickory Grove.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindHickory Grove-Fire dept reported multiple trees blown down in the Hickory Grove area.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHickory Grove-County comms reported numerous trees blown down in the Hopewell community.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindHickory Grove-Two trees were blown down on Peachtree St.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindHickory Grove-Multiple large tree limbs were blown down a couple miles south of Hickory Grove.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHickory Grove-Numerous trees were blown down in the western part of the county, from the Hickory Grove area to McConnells.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindHickory Grove-Numerous trees were blown down across the county from north of Hickory Grove to the northeast corner of the county. In addition, windows were blown out of a home on Kannan Church Rd near Smyrna.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindHickory Grove-Numerous trees were blown down from the Hickory Grove area, across Sharon and to McConnells. Hickory Grove was especially hard hit, with several homes damaged or destroyed by falling trees. In addition, much of the roof was blown off a chicken house near Hickory Grove. Several other smaller structures received minor damage as well.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHickory Grove-Large tree limbs were blown down on Howells Ferry Rd.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindHickory Grove-Trees down on Smithford Rd, Third St, and Walnut St in and around the Hickory Grove community.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHickory Grove-A tree was blown down in Hickory Grove and a power pole snapped off on West Madison St in York.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindHickory Grove-Several trees blown down.
June 2008HailHickory Grove-no account filed
May 2006HailHickory Grove-no account filed
April 2003HailHickory Grove-no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindHickory Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in York 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
Hopewell4.1 miles16
Smyrna4.1 miles20
Sharon4.6 miles15
Hoodtown5.8 miles16
Blairsville5.8 miles15
Piedmont Springs6.4 miles20
Beersheba6.4 miles18
Sutton Spring (historical)6.6 miles15

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 Hickory GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q303499The 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 1249501. 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.