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Iva, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Iva census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29655. The Survey maps it on the Iva quadrangle. 1,015 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 712 feet above sea level.

Iva within Anderson County

On record in Iva

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Iva fell from 1,218 to 1,015 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
20101,218
20201,015-203 (-17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

Photographs

2 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Sullivan House, East Franklin Street, Anderson, Anderson County, SC
Sullivan House, East Franklin Street, Anderson, Anderson County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva, Anderson County, SC
Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva, Anderson County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

177 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Iva between 1992 and 2020, burning about 674 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined56
Debris and open burning47
Arson/incendiarism28
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking12
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2007Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Iva: 8 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Feldspar, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Scott QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Brown ProspectsMica, FeldsparProspect
Todd ProspectFeldspar, MicaProspect
Vandiver & Cooke Scott ProspectsMica, FeldsparProspect
Bell ProspectMicaProspect
Clenkscales ProspectMicaUnknownPegmatite
Fretwell South ProspectMicaProspect
Fretwell South ProspectMicaProspect
Keown MineMicaProspect
McKee ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Anderson County

Storms near this place

39 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Iva in 39 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 26 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 2 tornado, 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 WindIva1 hurtSeveral trees were blown down around Iva. One tree fell on a home, causing minor injuries to an occupant.
June 2004Flash FloodIva$50,000A tributary of Crooked Creek overflowed its banks, destroying a bridge over Sam Turner Rd. In addition, the flood waters took down several trees and washed out road pavement.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindIva$25,000Several trees and power lines brought down by the wind. Widespread power outages. Some trees fell onto cars.
March 1993Tornado (F0)Iva$5,000no account filed
May 2025HailIva-Public reported nickel size hail.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindIva-Public and utility company reported multiple trees blown down across southern Anderson County, from Iva to the Level Land community, and especially in Honea Path, where some trees fell on power lines.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindIva-Public reported trees and power lines blown down in the Iva area.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindIva-County comms reported several trees blown down in the Iva area.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindIva-Public reported trees blown down in the Iva area.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindIva-County comms reported several trees blown down across the city of Iva.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindIva-County comms reported multiple trees blown down along East Broad St.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindIva-Multiple trees were blown down and there was damage to outbuildings in the Iva area.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindIva-Large tree limbs were blown down about 3 miles south of Iva.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindIva-Several trees were blown down over the south central part of the county starting near the intersection of highway 184 and Flat Rock Rd and ending near the intersection of highway 252 and Amity Rd. The wind was not directly associated with a thunderstorm, but was actually the result of an outflow boundary from a storm complex over the Midlands and east central Georgia.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindIva-Trees were blown down in and around Iva.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindIva-Multiple trees were blown down northeast of Iva.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindIva-Numerous trees were blown down in the Iva area.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindIva-Several trees down along highway 81 south of Iva.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindIva-Trees were blown down on Whit Campbell Rd.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindIva-Several trees blown down in the Iva area.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindIva-Six trees blown down.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindIva-Several trees blown down around Iva.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindIva-Quite a few trees blown down east of Iva near Lake Secession.
September 2004Tornado (F0)Iva-This tornado touched down very briefly in an open field.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindIva-Some trees and powerlines were blown down.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindIva-A dying severe thunderstorm that crossed over from northeast Georgia resulted in wind damage. The room was blown off a mobile home.
April 2012HailIva-no account filed
August 2011HailIva-no account filed
March 2008HailIva-no account filed
June 2006HailIva-no account filed
May 2003HailIva-no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindIva-no account filed
July 1999HailIva-no account filed
July 1999HailIva-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindIva-no account filed
June 1998HailIva-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindIva-no account filed
January 1997Thunderstorm WindIva-no account filed
July 1995HailIva-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Anderson 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
Moffitsville2.8 miles14
Barnes Station3.4 miles14
Starr5.2 miles14
Storeville (historical)5.7 miles12
Deans6.7 miles14
Flat Rock8.1 miles14
Meadow Fields9.2 miles14
Varennes (historical)9.5 miles13

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 IvaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q389876The 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 1246134. 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.