Pacolet Mills, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pacolet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29373. It stands on Browns Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pacolet Mills quadrangle. It stands 541 feet above sea level.
On record in Pacolet Mills
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 within a mile 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Pacolet Mill Officelisted 2004 · 0.1 miles away
Pacolet Mills Cloth Room and Warehouselisted 2006 · 0.2 miles away
Pacolet Mills Historic Districtlisted 2007 · 0.3 miles away
Marysville Schoollisted 2007 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Pacolet Mills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Pacolet Mills between 1992 and 2017, burning about 507 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 62 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1999 | Smoking | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 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
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Pacolet Mills: 3 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Feldspar, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaton's Sand Pit | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Hammet Mine, Crocker Mine | Gold, Copper | Unknown | 1818, 1825, 1857 | |
| Pacolet Mill | Feldspar | Plant | ||
| Pacolet Mine | Feldspar | Producer | ||
| Pacolet Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Igneous | |
| Pacolet Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hammet Grove Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Metamorphic Stratform | |
| Hammet Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Nuckols and Norris Mines | Gold | Unknown | Vein |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pacolet Mills in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pacolet Mills | - | County comms reported trees blown down off Granite St. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pacolet Mills | - | Trees were blown down on highway 150 near the Cherokee County line. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Pacolet Mills | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Pacolet Mills | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Pacolet Mills | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacolet Park | 0.1 miles | 13 | |
| Central Pacolet | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Maryville | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Pacolet | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Calico | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| White Stone | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| White Stone Springs (historical) | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sundance | 5.2 miles | 15 |
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 Q49359751 | 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 1231621. 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.






