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Lake Wylie, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Clover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29710. The Survey maps it on the Lake Wylie quadrangle. 13,655 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 600 feet above sea level.

Lake Wylie within York County

Population over time

2 figures

Lake Wylie grew from 8,841 to 13,655 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
20108,841
202013,655+4,814 (+54%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Lake Wylie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 200 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined61
Debris and open burning30
Smoking15
Arson/incendiarism13
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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
8 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresNorth Carolina Forest ServiceLUNCH
22 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceBUCKIE CT
12 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServicePLANTERS ROW DR POWERLINE
11 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth 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 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Lake Wylie: 13 unknowns, 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Kyanite, Iron. 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
Jingles MineGold, Iron, SulfurPast Producer
Tom Ferris MineCopper, GoldPast Producer
Beaver Dam Creek Brook Corundum ProspectCorundumUnknown1900
Clawson MineIronPast Producer
Nanny Mountain MineIronUnknown1760, 1820
Rickard MineCorundumPast ProducerMetamorphic
Casar Sillimanite DepositsKyaniteOccurrence
Polkville Sillimanite DepositKyaniteOccurrence
Wards Creek Sillimanite DepositKyaniteOccurrence
Barnett MineGoldUnknown1910

Every working recorded in York County

Storms near this place

16 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Wylie in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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
April 2018Tornado (EF0)Lake Wylie$50,000NWS Storm Survey found the path of a weak tornado that began along Mountainview Road, where large tree branches were broken. The tornado moved very quickly northeast, crossing Highway 55, where it then passed through the Timberlake Subdivision. Several homes in the subdivision sustained roof, siding, and window damage. A number of hardwood trees were also uprooted, with large branches downed from others. A plastic fence also was destroyed. The tornado proceeded northeast, uprooting additional hardwood trees before dissipating near Kerrydale Ct.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindLake Wylie$20,000Public and emergency manager reported numerous trees blown down from the north side of Tega Cay to the north side of Rock Hill. Trees fell on homes on Creek Bluff Rd in Tega Cay and on Malvern Rd in Rock Hill. Additional trees were blown down on Morgan St in Fort Mill.
October 1995Thunderstorm WindLake Wylie$15,000no account filed
May 1995HailLake Wylie$5,000Tornado moved from SC46-43 in southwest York northeastward to U.S. 321 in northern York. The tornado was mostly a "tree-topper" with four separate touchdowns. The first touchdown blew trees on a home, flattened a garage onto a car with total damage of 20K, The second touchdown destroyed a large lumber storage building at ACE Hardware and partially deroofed another causing a loss of $15,000. The third touchdown took down a grove of trees and sheared off the top of others. The last touchdown took half the roof off a building with a loss of $10,000. Thunderstorm blew down trees and power lines in Clover.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindLake Wylie$1,000Public reported (via Social Media) multiple trees down, with a limb puncturing a garage door.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindLake Wylie-Emergency management reported trees and power lines blown down near the intersection of Innsbruck Ct and Boulder Rd.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindLake Wylie-Ham radio operator reported multiple trees damaged, with one snapped near the intersection of Duck Haven Ln and Bonum Rd. County comms also reported power lines down on Executive Ct off Charlotte Hwy.
April 2018HailLake Wylie-Cocorahs observer reported hail as large as golf balls 7 ENE Clover. Public reported quarter size hail near Lake Wylie.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLake Wylie-Multiple trees were blown down in the Lake Wylie area.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindLake Wylie-Multiple trees were blown down in the Bethel Community, including one down on Patrick Place Circle and another on Oakridge Rd.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindLake Wylie-Multiple trees were blown down on highway 557 near Kingsbury Rd, 6 miles east of Clover.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLake Wylie-A tree was blown down on highway 49 near the highway 55 intersection.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLake Wylie-A tree was down at the intersection of Baird Rd and highway 55.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLake Wylie-A tree was blown down on Stateline Rd at highway 274 and another tree was downed at highway 49 and highway 274.
August 2006Heavy RainLake Wylie-High water due to poor drainage entered the basement of a home near Lake Wylie.
July 2012HailLake Wylie-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
Sunrise Point0.8 miles16
Hollyberry Woods0.9 miles16
Heritage Woods1.0 miles16
Honeysuckle Woods1.0 miles16
Oakwood1.1 miles16
River Hills Plantation1.1 miles16
Fairway Bridge1.3 miles16
South Point1.3 miles16

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 Lake WylieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2749346The 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 1233775. 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.