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Pacolet, South Carolina

15 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 29372. It lies near Hayes Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pacolet quadrangle. 2,274 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 781 feet above sea level.

Pacolet within Spartanburg County

On record in Pacolet

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 4 records

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Pacolet grew from 2,235 to 2,274 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,235
20202,274+39 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Photographs

8 of 19 photographs shown, 1941

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Getting up the walls on a prefabricated house being built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) to house some of the farmers when they move out of the Spartanburg Army camp area. Pacolet, South Carolina region
Getting up the walls on a prefabricated house being built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) to house some of the farmers when they move out of the Spartanburg Army camp area. Pacolet, South Carolina region
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Tenant farmer moving the last load of his belongings out of the Camp Croft area near Pacolet, South Carolina
Tenant farmer moving the last load of his belongings out of the Camp Croft area near Pacolet, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
This farmer owned one acre of land and small improvised trailer in which he and his wife lived. The only place they could find to move was a small farm they rented which had only a barn on it Near Pacolet, South Carolina region
This farmer owned one acre of land and small improvised trailer in which he and his wife lived. The only place they could find to move was a small farm they rented which had only a barn on it Near Pacolet, South Carolina region
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
While water pipes are being laid families had to get their water at one of the wells nearby. When water system is completed there will be a pump at every house. Pacolet, South Carolina. At the FSA (Farm Security Administration) prefabricated houses
While water pipes are being laid families had to get their water at one of the wells nearby. When water system is completed there will be a pump at every house. Pacolet, South Carolina. At the FSA (Farm Security Administration) prefabricated houses
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Mrs. Jennings, tired out after a day of moving into her new prefabricated house in Pacolet, South Carolina
Mrs. Jennings, tired out after a day of moving into her new prefabricated house in Pacolet, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Landscape in Camp Croft showing trailer family moving out. Near Pacolet, South Carolina
Landscape in Camp Croft showing trailer family moving out. Near Pacolet, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Assembling the fourth wall of a prefabricated house at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) project in Pacolet to house some of the farmers moving out of the Camp Croft area. Pacolet, South Carolina
Assembling the fourth wall of a prefabricated house at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) project in Pacolet to house some of the farmers moving out of the Camp Croft area. Pacolet, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Putting up the first walls for FSA (Farm Security Administration) prefabricated houses for farmers who had to move out of the area. Pacolet, South Carolina
Putting up the first walls for FSA (Farm Security Administration) prefabricated houses for farmers who had to move out of the area. Pacolet, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Spartanburg County

Fires near this place

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Pacolet between 1992 and 2017, burning about 343 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined49
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
30 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2012Natural2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2012Natural3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2008Debris and open burning4.6 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2006Missing 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Pacolet: 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Deaton's Sand PitSandUnknownSedimentary
Hammet Mine, Crocker MineGold, CopperUnknown1818, 1825, 1857
Hammet Grove MineGoldPast ProducerMetamorphic Stratform
Pacolet MillFeldsparPlant
Pacolet MineFeldsparProducer
Pacolet QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerIgneous
Pacolet QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Spartanburg County

Storms near this place

20 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pacolet in 20 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 11 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2020Thunderstorm WindPacolet$10,000Media reported trees blown down on power lines and across part of a house.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindPacolet$1,000Some trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2020HailPacolet-National Weather Service Columbia relayed report of quarter size hail in the Pacolet Mills area.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindPacolet-County comms reported trees and power lines blown down on Zion Church Rd.
July 2007HailPacolet-Reported at the intersection of Jerusalem Rd and Quinn St.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindPacolet-A three to four inch diameter tree snapped, a 5 inch diameter limb blown down, and some shingles blown off a roof.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindPacolet-Trees down in Pacolet. Trees also down in Cowpens around this time.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPacolet-Several large, 6-inch diamater limbs were blown down. Some trees were also blown down in the area.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindPacolet-Trees were blown down.
February 2009HailPacolet-no account filed
June 2008HailPacolet-no account filed
June 2008HailPacolet-no account filed
May 2006HailPacolet-no account filed
June 2006HailPacolet-no account filed
June 2004HailPacolet-no account filed
June 1998HailPacolet-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindPacolet-no account filed
June 1997HailPacolet-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindPacolet-no account filed
March 1993HailPacolet-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
Central Pacolet1.2 miles13
Maryville1.2 miles15
Pacolet Park1.8 miles13
Calico1.8 miles15
Pacolet Mills1.9 miles13
White Stone2.9 miles15
White Stone Springs (historical)3.2 miles14
Sundance4.5 miles15

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 PacoletAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q977097The 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 1250004. 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.