Mayo, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Mayo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29368. It stands on Casey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cowpens quadrangle. 1,567 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 889 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMayo fell from 1,592 to 1,567 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,592 | |
| 2020 | 1,567 | -25 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1953 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Cowpens quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Cowpens quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
159 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Mayo between 1992 and 2018, burning about 667 acres in total. 1 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 | 63 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 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 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mayo: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Granite Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | Metamorphic | |
| Pacolet River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Pacolet River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mayo in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayo | - | County comms reported several trees blown down in the Mayo area. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayo | - | County comms reported two trees blown down near Buck Creek Rd and Crow Rd. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Mayo | - | Dime to quarter size hail fell along Taft Dr. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayo | - | Multiple trees were blown down near the intersection of highway 221 and Skyline Dr, with other trees down on Henderson Hill Rd, Mossburg Rd, and on Pickens St and South Alabama Ave in the city. Some damage was done to the athletics facilities at Chesnee High School (on Alabama Ave), where a dugout was destroyed and some stadium lights were twisted. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayo | - | Shingles were blown off the roof of a home. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayo | - | Several trees blown down near Lake Blalock. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayo | - | A large tree was blown down on Buck Creek Rd and a power pole and lines were blown down on Paris Bridge Rd. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Mayo | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayo | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Mayo | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springdale Estates | 0.3 miles | 14 | |
| Mayo Mills | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Fosters Grove | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Kentwood | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Cherokee Springs | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| McGreegor Downs | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Whitlock Park | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lakeview Manor | 3.6 miles | 13 |
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 Mayo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3313643 | The 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 1231525. 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.







