Pelham, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It lies in ZIP code area 29651. The Survey maps it on the Pelham quadrangle. It stands 778 feet above sea level.
On record in Pelham
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 1 record
James M. Davis Houselisted 2010
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Greer quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Greer quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Pelham quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Pelham between 1992 and 2019, burning about 276 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.6 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pelham: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H L Shelton Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Pelham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Metamorphic |
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pelham in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Hail | Pelham | $250,000 | Several homes along Abners Creek Rd were severely damaged by wind-driven hail. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelham | $10,000 | NWS employee reported trees blown down on Brockman McClimon Rd at Liberty Hill Rd in Greer. County comms reported other trees down on Gas Plant Rd and Bethlehem Church Rd in Moore and Roebuck, respectively. A tree was also down on a home on Betsy Ln in Woodruff. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelham | $5,000 | Highway Patrol reported at least a dozen trees blown down across the central part of Spartanburg County. Some screen porches were also damaged at the Pelham Medical Center in Greer. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelham | - | County comms reported many trees blown down across the western part of the county. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Pelham | - | Quarter size hail was reported near the GSP airport. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelham | - | A tree was blown down near mile marker 57 on I-85 and another was downed on Abner Creek Rd in the same area. Also, a gust of 51 mph was measured at GSP airport during this time. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelham | - | Several large trees were blown down. |
| September 2002 | Flash Flood | Pelham | - | Overflowing streams caused flooding of roads near the Enoree River. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Pelham | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelham | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton Acres | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Homewood Acres | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Maplewood | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Manning Acres | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Victorian Hills | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Victor Mills | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Chapel Estates | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Victor Heights | 5.3 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 Pelham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14709646 | 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 1250052. 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.







