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Marietta, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Slater-Marietta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29661. It stands on Talley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland quadrangle. It stands 1,001 feet above sea level.

Marietta within Greenville County

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

185 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Marietta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 674 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 17 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
Debris and open burning67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined64
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
26 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2017Debris and open burning65 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Marietta: 2 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Granite, 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
Unnamed Crushed Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, GraniteUnknownMetamorphic
Unnamed Crushed Stone QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerMetamorphic
Hendrix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Hendrix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greenville County

Storms near this place

29 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marietta in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 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
June 1994Thunderstorm WindMarietta$50,000no account filed
May 2014LightningMarietta$25,000NWS employee reported lightning struck a mobile home, igniting a fire.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMarietta$10,000Numerous public reports were received of trees and power lines blown down throughout northern and central Greenville County. One tree was blown down on a house on Notchwood Ct in the Berea area.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMarietta$10,000A gas station had significant wind damage and trees and large limbs were blown down.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindMarietta$10,000A few trees were blown down. One fell on a truck.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindMarietta$5,000no account filed
November 2000Thunderstorm WindMarietta$1,000A large limb, 3 to 4 inches thick and 10 feet long, was blown off a tree and fell through the windshield of a minivan. The limb speared the van, landing between the two front seat occupants.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMarietta-Utility company reported several trees blown down on power lines in the Marietta area.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMarietta-Utility company reported trees blown down on power lines in the Marietta area.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMarietta-FD reported four trees blown down in the Slater-Marietta area.
April 2015HailMarietta-HAM radio operator reported penny size hail.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindMarietta-Highway Patrol reported multiple trees blown down in the Marietta/Cleveland/ Tigerville area.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMarietta-Spotter reported multiple trees and power lines blown down in the Marietta area.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindMarietta-Trees were blown down at the intersection of highways 276 and 414 and on Mountain View Rd near Tigerville.
June 2013HailMarietta-Nickel size hail was reported near Marietta.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindMarietta-A tree was blown down on highway 288, about 1.5 miles west of Marietta.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMarietta-Numerous trees were blown down from highway 186 at the Pickens County line to Marietta.
March 2011HailMarietta-Penny size hail was reported on highway 186 near the Pickens County line.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMarietta-A tree was blown down near the intersection of highway 414 and highway 276.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMarietta-Multiple trees were blown down along Freeman Bridge Rd. Some trees fell on power lines and one tree fell on a house. The metal roof was also blown off a barn.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindMarietta-Three trees were blown down on Valley Rd a little over three miles northwest of Travelers Rest.
June 2007HailMarietta-Reported at Caesars Head State Park.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMarietta-Store relayed reports of several customers with trees down.
July 2002HailMarietta-Hail covered the ground.
July 2009HailMarietta-no account filed
June 2009HailMarietta-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMarietta-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMarietta-no account filed
June 1994HailMarietta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greenville 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
Slater0.8 miles17
Renfrew3.6 miles13
Sunny Slopes3.7 miles13
Mayfield (historical)3.7 miles15
Cleveland3.8 miles15
Marydell (historical)4.5 miles17
Bellvue4.6 miles17
Travelers Rest4.8 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.

Wikidata item Q136148102The 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 1224310. 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.