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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.

Inman within Spartanburg County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Inman 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,321
20202,990+669 (+29%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

118 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined47
Debris and open burning44
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Smoking2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2007Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spartanburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mcbee PlacerGoldPast Producer1844
Merredith Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
South Pacolet RiverSandUnknownSedimentary
Avery ProspectIronProspect
Inman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Inman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Senia ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Spartanburg County

Storms near this place

29 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1996Thunderstorm WindInman$60,000no account filed
May 2006LightningInman$10,000Lightning ignited a fire that damaged a church.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindInman$5,000Trees were blown down by spotter estimated 60 mph winds. One tree crushed a storage building and its contents.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindInman$5,000no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindInman$5,000no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindInman$3,000Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindInman$1,000Several trees were blown down. One fallen tree destroyed a fence.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindInman-Utility company reported trees blown down and causing an outage on Data Bush Dr.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindInman-NWS employee reported multiple trees blown down north of Inman.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindInman-Highway patrol reported trees and power lines blown down near Highway 176 and Petunia Rd.
April 2008HailInman-Reported on Mt Lebanon Church Rd between highways 14 and 357.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindInman-Numerous trees blown down across the northern half of the county.
March 2007FloodInman-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 2006Thunderstorm WindInman-Eight trees down at a residence west of Inman.
October 2002FloodInman-Urban flooding was reported in a poor drainage area at a convenience store on highway 292.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindInman-Several large trees blown down.
July 2001FloodInman-Urban flooding in and around Spartanburg and Inman during slow-moving afternoon thunderstorms.
April 2012HailInman-no account filed
May 2010HailInman-no account filed
December 2006Thunderstorm WindInman-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindInman-no account filed
July 2000HailInman-no account filed
May 1999HailInman-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindInman-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindInman-no account filed
April 1998HailInman-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindInman-no account filed
May 1996HailInman-no account filed
May 1995HailInman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Spartanburg 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
Inman Mills0.8 miles15
Highland Park1.1 miles15
Woodridge1.7 miles15
Campton1.9 miles15
Mascot2.6 miles15
Gramling3.0 miles15
Meadowbrook Farms3.2 miles15
Hickory Hills3.4 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 InmanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q934234The 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.