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.
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
Marysville Schoollisted 2007
Pacolet Mill Officelisted 2004
Pacolet Mills Cloth Room and Warehouselisted 2006
Pacolet Mills Historic Districtlisted 2007
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- West Branch Bridge, South Carolina Road S-569 spanning West Branch of Pacolet River, Pacoletfederal building survey, 8 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresPacolet 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,235 | |
| 2020 | 2,274 | +39 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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 Pacolet quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
8 of 19 photographs shown, 1941Taken 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.
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Spartanburg County
Fires near this place
91 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
| 12 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 4.6 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2006 | 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
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaton's Sand Pit | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Hammet Mine, Crocker Mine | Gold, Copper | Unknown | 1818, 1825, 1857 | |
| Hammet Grove Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Metamorphic Stratform | |
| Pacolet Mill | Feldspar | Plant | ||
| Pacolet Mine | Feldspar | Producer | ||
| Pacolet Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Igneous | |
| Pacolet Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pacolet | $10,000 | Media reported trees blown down on power lines and across part of a house. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pacolet | $1,000 | Some trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Pacolet | - | National Weather Service Columbia relayed report of quarter size hail in the Pacolet Mills area. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pacolet | - | County comms reported trees and power lines blown down on Zion Church Rd. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Pacolet | - | Reported at the intersection of Jerusalem Rd and Quinn St. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pacolet | - | A three to four inch diameter tree snapped, a 5 inch diameter limb blown down, and some shingles blown off a roof. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pacolet | - | Trees down in Pacolet. Trees also down in Cowpens around this time. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pacolet | - | Several large, 6-inch diamater limbs were blown down. Some trees were also blown down in the area. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pacolet | - | Trees were blown down. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Pacolet | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Pacolet | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Pacolet | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Pacolet | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Pacolet | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Pacolet | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Pacolet | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pacolet | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Pacolet | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pacolet | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Pacolet | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Pacolet | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Maryville | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Pacolet Park | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Calico | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Pacolet Mills | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| White Stone | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| White Stone Springs (historical) | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Sundance | 4.5 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.
| Wikipedia article on Pacolet | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q977097 | 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 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.








