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Moore, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fairmont Mills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29369. It stands on Tim Creek. The Survey maps it on the Moore quadrangle.

Moore within Spartanburg County

On record in Moore

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 1 record

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Moore between 1992 and 2019, burning about 306 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined50
Debris and open burning15
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
15 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2002Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2009Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spartanburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Moore: 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kyanite, Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium. 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
Tyger RiverThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Barber Sillimanite ProspectKyaniteProspect
Barber Sillimanite ProspectKyaniteUnknownMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Spartanburg County

Storms near this place

16 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moore in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 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
January 2007Tornado (F0)Moore$10,000A short damage track began on Bethany Church Rd northwest of Moore and extended northeast before ending on highway 290. Two sheds were destroyed and the roof partially blown off a larger shed. Part of a deck was torn off a house. Also, several 8 inch diameter pine trees were snapped and numerous limbs were blown down.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMoore$5,000Multiple sources reported multiple trees blown down from Moore to Pauline. Damage was especially concentrated along Murph Rd near Pauline, where dozens of trees were uprooted and several were snapped. Some siding was removed from a home, lawn furniture was tossed several hundred feet, and a trampoline was lofted into a tree.
August 1999HailMoore$2,000no account filed
January 2024Thunderstorm WindMoore-Utility company and ham radio operator reported trees blown down, with some on power lines in the Moore and Roebuck area, including on Patricia Dr in Roebuck.
May 2024HailMoore-Public reported quarter size hail just north of Moore.
June 2019HailMoore-Public reported up to half dollar size hail southwest of Roebuck.
September 2019HailMoore-Public reported 3/4 inch hail in the Moore area.
January 2014Thunderstorm WindMoore-Several trees were blown down over the southern part of the county, including on I-26 near mile marker 29, 2 Mile Creek Rd near highway 221, Price House Rd near Hobbyville Rd and on Browning Rd.
June 2014HailMoore-Public reported 3/4 inch hail.
May 2014HailMoore-Public provided photo evidence of tennis ball size hail in the Moore area.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindMoore-Trees were blown down near Moore.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindMoore-Large tree limbs blown down on Pearson Rd.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMoore-A large oak tree and several large limbs blown down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMoore-Wind damage occurred at the construction site of Dorman High School, at the intersection of Interstate 26 and U.S. 221. A construction trailer was damaged, debris scattered and a 1000-pound roof vent was removed and rolled a short distance. Trees were felled in the Roebuck area of Spartanburg County at about the same time.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMoore-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindMoore-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Spartanburg 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
Gatewood2.2 miles14
Switzer2.7 miles13
River Edge3.3 miles13
Roebuck3.5 miles18
Smiths Tavern3.5 miles14
Pinewood South3.6 miles18
Stone Station3.6 miles14
Wellington West3.9 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 MooreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3475095The 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 1231558. 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.