BlockPark Place, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29609. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle.
On record in Park Place
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 8 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Parker High School AuditoriumNational Historic Landmark · listed 1996 · 0.8 miles away
Earle Town Houselisted 1969 · 0.4 miles away
Whitehalllisted 1969 · 0.5 miles away
Col. Elias Earle Historic Districtlisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
Monaghan Milllisted 2005 · 0.9 miles away
Hampton-Pinckney Historic District Extensionlisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Hampton-Pinckney Historic Districtlisted 1977 · 0.9 miles away- Greenville Pepsi-Cola Bottling Plantlisted 2023 · 0.5 miles away
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.
- 1935 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Park Place between 1992 and 2018, burning about 319 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Park Place: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgcomb Steel--Greenville, S.C. | Iron, Aluminum | Producer | ||
| Greenville Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Saluda Lake Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Boling Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| C H Ellis Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Park Place in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF2) | Park Place | $5,000,000 | NWS storm survey found the path of an EF2 tornado across the north side of Greenville, beginning just east of Cherrydale Point and moving east/southeast across Pleasantburg Dr, Rutherford Rd, and Wade Hampton Blvd, then crossing through a residential area between Wade Hampton Blvd and E North St before lifting. Roofs were blown off a hotel and restaurant on Rutherford Rd and several other businesses received minor to moderate roof damage along Wade Hampton Blvd. Otherwise numerous hardwoods were snapped and some partially debarked. Several homes and multiple vehicles were damaged by falling trees. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Place | - | County comms reported multiple trees blown down on the north and east side of Greenville. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Place | - | County comms reported power lines blown down on Dukeland Dr. Highway Patrol reported a tree blown down at Edwards Mill Rd and Old Mill Rd. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Place | - | Highway Patrol reported trees blown down on Highway 276, at Piedmont Park and Rutherford Rd, and at Sandy Flat Rd and Tanyard Rd in the North Greenville and Taylors area. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Place | - | Power lines were down near the intersection of Furman Hall Rd and Pleasantburg Rd in Greenville. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Place | - | A tree was blown down on Dawson Dr and another on McMakin Dr. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sampson | 0.2 miles | 14 | |
| Sans Souci | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| North Hills | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Riverside | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Monaghan | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| City View | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Greenville | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Northgate | 1.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1250022. 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.