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.
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
Price's Post Officelisted 1969
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Price House, Intersection of SC Routes 199, 200 & 86, Moorefederal building survey, 13 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Moore quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyger River | Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium | Unknown | Placer-Modern-Fluvial | |
| Barber Sillimanite Prospect | Kyanite | Prospect | ||
| Barber Sillimanite Prospect | Kyanite | Unknown | Metamorphic |
Storms near this place
16 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2007 | Tornado (F0) | Moore | $10,000 | A 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moore | $5,000 | Multiple 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 1999 | Hail | Moore | $2,000 | no account filed |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moore | - | 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 2024 | Hail | Moore | - | Public reported quarter size hail just north of Moore. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Moore | - | Public reported up to half dollar size hail southwest of Roebuck. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Moore | - | Public reported 3/4 inch hail in the Moore area. |
| January 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moore | - | 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 2014 | Hail | Moore | - | Public reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Moore | - | Public provided photo evidence of tennis ball size hail in the Moore area. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moore | - | Trees were blown down near Moore. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moore | - | Large tree limbs blown down on Pearson Rd. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moore | - | A large oak tree and several large limbs blown down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moore | - | 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moore | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moore | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatewood | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Switzer | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| River Edge | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Roebuck | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Smiths Tavern | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Pinewood South | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Stone Station | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Wellington West | 3.9 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 Moore | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3475095 | 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 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.








