Irving, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ware Shoals-Hodges census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29653. The Survey maps it on the Cokesbury quadrangle.
On record in Irving
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Old Cokesbury and Masonic Female College and Conference Schoollisted 1970 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1892 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Cokesbury quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
248 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Irving between 1992 and 2019, burning about 575 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 | 146 |
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Irving: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Kaolin, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Mary Robinson Property | Aluminum, Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| Wilson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Igneous Intrusion |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Irving in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2015: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Irving | $150,000 | Emergency Manager reported flash flooding developed after 2-3 inches of rain fell across the county in just a few hours. Numerous roads, as much as a couple of dozen were closed in the central part of the county due to a combination of stream flooding and drainage problems. This included portions of Highway 25 and the Bypass in the city of Greenwood. Several homes were flooded along Parkland Place Rd near Emerald Rd, likely due to Stockman Branch overflowing its banks. |
| December 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irving | $50,000 | A downburst damage pattern began near the intersection of highway 25 and Keels Rd, about 5 miles northwest of Greenwood. Tree damage was sporadic in this area, before becoming more widespread in locations around Highland Dr and Rutledge Rd. A tree fell on a carport and some shingles were blown off a home on North Lake Dr. Finally, a large tree fell on and significantly damaged an animal hospital on highway 72 on the northeast side of town. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irving | - | About a dozen trees were blown down across roads from just north of the city to across the city of Greenwood. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalewood | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Downs Siding | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hyde Park | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Hodges | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Cokesbury | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Ponderosa Heights | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Northfall Acres | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Roman Acres | 2.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234145. 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.




