Inman, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Inman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29349. The Survey maps it on the Inman quadrangle. 2,990 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,001 feet above sea level.
On record in Inman
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 3 records
Bush Houselisted 2003
Inman Millslisted 2016
Shiloh Methodist Churchlisted 2005
Population over time
2 figuresInman grew from 2,321 to 2,990 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,321 | |
| 2020 | 2,990 | +669 (+29%) |
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.
- 1907 USGS Saluda quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Inman quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Inman quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Hendersonville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Inman between 1992 and 2018, burning about 398 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Inman: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcbee Placer | Gold | Past Producer | 1844 | |
| Merredith Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| South Pacolet River | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Avery Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Inman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Inman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Senia Prospect | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
29 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Inman in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inman | $60,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Lightning | Inman | $10,000 | Lightning ignited a fire that damaged a church. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inman | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by spotter estimated 60 mph winds. One tree crushed a storage building and its contents. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inman | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inman | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inman | $3,000 | Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inman | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down. One fallen tree destroyed a fence. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inman | - | Utility company reported trees blown down and causing an outage on Data Bush Dr. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inman | - | NWS employee reported multiple trees blown down north of Inman. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inman | - | Highway patrol reported trees and power lines blown down near Highway 176 and Petunia Rd. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Inman | - | Reported on Mt Lebanon Church Rd between highways 14 and 357. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inman | - | Numerous trees blown down across the northern half of the county. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Inman | - | Flooding in Spartanburg County included the Pacolet River near the North Carolina border, which flooded Landrum Rd. The Middle Tyger River also flooded Mt Lebanon Church Rd north of Greer. There was also some road flooding due to poor drainage, including Amber Dr and Old Mill Rd in Inman and Eli Cox Rd in Enoree. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inman | - | Eight trees down at a residence west of Inman. |
| October 2002 | Flood | Inman | - | Urban flooding was reported in a poor drainage area at a convenience store on highway 292. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inman | - | Several large trees blown down. |
| July 2001 | Flood | Inman | - | Urban flooding in and around Spartanburg and Inman during slow-moving afternoon thunderstorms. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Inman | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Inman | - | no account filed |
| December 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inman | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inman | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Inman | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Inman | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inman | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inman | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Inman | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inman | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Inman | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Inman | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inman Mills | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Highland Park | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Woodridge | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Campton | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Mascot | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Gramling | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Meadowbrook Farms | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Hickory Hills | 3.4 miles | 15 |
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 Inman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q934234 | 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 1223455. 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.







