Parker, 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 29611. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle. 13,407 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,014 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresParker grew from 10,760 to 13,407 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10,760 | |
| 2010 | 11,431 | +671 (+6%) |
| 2020 | 13,407 | +1,976 (+17%) |
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
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Parker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 404 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | 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
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Parker: 3 prospects, 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 3 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 | ||
| Saluda Lake Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Greenville Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thomas Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| W.F. Thomas Sand Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| B E Woodson Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Boling Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| C H Ellis Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| G F Fuller Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| R S Berry Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockwood Heights | 0.1 miles | 14 | |
| Mansfield Park | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Westville | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| White Horse Heights | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Poinsett | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Woodbriar | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Brandon | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Woodside | 1.1 miles | 14 |
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 Parker | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2010201 | 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 1867528. 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.








