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Pomaria, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pomaria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29126. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pomaria quadrangle. 127 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 400 feet above sea level.

Pomaria within Newberry County

On record in Pomaria

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 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Pomaria fell from 179 to 127 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
2010179
2020127-52 (-29%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

Fires near this place

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Pomaria between 1992 and 2019, burning about 192 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined56
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
5 September 1997Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newberry County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pomaria: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pyrophyllite, Kyanite. 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
Little Mountain Kyn OccurrencePyrophyllite, KyaniteUnknownPyrophyllite, Kyanite
Unnamed Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Newberry County

Storms near this place

27 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pomaria in 27 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2015Flash FloodPomaria$250,000Highway 176 bridge across Cannons Creek damaged and partially collapsed due to flood waters.
November 2002Tornado (F1)Pomaria$16,000An F1 tornado blew down an 80 ft long farm shed, took down many trees, and did minor damage to a couple of homes. The path ran from Central School rd (SC hwy 320), across SC hwy 202 to SC hwy 514.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindPomaria$4,000Sheriff reported several trees down in the Pomaria area.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPomaria$4,000SKYWARN spotters reported trees down in Pomeria.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindPomaria$3,000A few trees were downed in Pomaria. Some power outages were reported. Time estimated.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPomaria$2,000Electic company reported a couple of trees down on New Hope road.
November 2025Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Newberry Dispatch reported trees down blocking road near the intersection of Peak Rd and Gateway Dr, which knocked down powerlines.
July 2024Flash FloodPomaria-Newberry County EM reported US-176 closed due to Flash Flooding.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPomaria-SC Highway Patrol reported a tree down in the roadway and blocking the road at Hwy 176 and New Hope Rd near Pomaria. Time estimated.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Newberry Co dispatch reported numerous trees down in Pomaria and vicinity.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindPomaria-SC Highway Patrol reported trees down at the intersection of SC Highway 176 and SC Highway 202.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Multiple trees and power lines were down and several homes damaged in the vicinity of Pomaria Garmany Elementary School.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Numerous trees downed in the Pomaria area.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Highway Patrol reported trees down at SC 773 and U.S. 176 near Pomaria.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Public reported trees down n Pomeria.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Sheriff reported a couple of trees down across hwy 773 and Jollystreet road.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Sheriff reported trees down Holy Trinity Church road and Parr road, which is near Broad River Road.
April 2007HailPomaria-Visitor to office reported nickel size hail at her home southwest of Pomeria.
November 2003Thunderstorm WindPomaria-SKYWARN spotter reported a couple of trees down in Pomeria.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Shieriff reported trees down on powerlines.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindPomaria-SKYWARN spotter reported some trees and powerlines down in Pomeria.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Highway dept. reported trees down east of Pomaria.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Sheriff reported trees down in Pomaria and Peak.
May 2001HailPomaria-Dreher Is. State Park reported 3/4 inch hail.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Sheriff reported tress down on hwy 34.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindPomaria-Sheriff reported trees down.
January 1995Tornado (F0)Pomaria-Tornado touched down and sheared off two trees.

Every storm recorded in Newberry 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
Kibler3.0 miles15
Hayne (historical)3.1 miles14
Taylors Crossroads4.1 miles14
Bachman Chapel4.8 miles13
Little Mountain5.0 miles15
Slighs5.1 miles15
Sondleys (historical)5.1 miles14
Saint Phillips5.3 miles13

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 PomariaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2681995The 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 1250208. 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.