Pumpkintown, South Carolina
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Pickens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29671. It stands on Adams Creek. The Survey maps it on the Table Rock quadrangle. It stands 958 feet above sea level.
On record in Pumpkintown
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Oolenoy Baptist Church Cemeterylisted 2003 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1905 USGS Pisgah quadrangle1:125000
- 1906 USGS Pisgah quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1935 USGS Table Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Table Rock quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Table Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hendersonville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
178 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Pumpkintown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 380 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 6 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 | 80 |
| Debris and open burning | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
20 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pumpkintown in 20 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 8 injuries. 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) | Pumpkintown | 8 hurt, $200,000 | NWS Storm Survey determined the path of a tornado that began in northern Pickens County near the intersection of Highway 8 and Log House Rd. Numerous trees were uprooted and large trees snapped as the tornado moved northeast, crossing Dacusville Highway, Cedar Rd, and the Oolenoy River. From there, it moved roughly parallel to Highway 288 before crossing into Greenville County. The most significant damage was found along the banks of the Saluda River, including along Yankee Rebel Pt and Sherwood Rd, where two mobile homes were rolled and several large hardwood trees snapped. A total of eight people were injured in this area. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkintown | $5,000 | Trained spotter reported a tree down blocking the road at Connelly Road and Highway 8. Public reported (via Social Media) a tree down on a house on Noble Rd. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkintown | $1,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Pumpkintown | - | NWS co-op observer reported up to quarter size hail. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkintown | - | Public reported a couple of trees blown down in an area just northeast of Table Rock State Park. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkintown | - | County comms reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across northern and eastern sections of Pickens County. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Pumpkintown | - | Trained spotters reported nickel size hail at Lake Oolenoy, with dime to penny size hail in and around Pumpkintown. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkintown | - | Power lines were blown down a little to the southeast of Pumpkinville. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkintown | - | Highway Patrol reported trees blown down near the intersection of highway 135 and Mt Tabor Rd and numerous trees down in and around Easley. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkintown | - | Several large tree limbs blown down around Table Rock State Park. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkintown | - | Multiple large tree limbs were blown down in and around Pumpkintown. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkintown | - | A tree was blown down onto power lines and multiple large limbs downed about 2 miles southeast of Pumpkintown. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkintown | - | A tree was blown down on New Hope Rd near highway 8, and another was blown down nearby at the intersection of highways 8 and 288. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkintown | - | A few trees were blown down along highway 288. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkintown | - | A couple trees were blown down. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Pumpkintown | - | Heavy rain caused Laurel and Hardy Lake to rise above full pool and resulted in the evacuation of nearby residents. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Pumpkintown | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Pumpkintown | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Pumpkintown | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pumpkintown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Knob (historical) | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Midway | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Olga (historical) | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Wattacoo (historical) | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant View | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Prices Store (historical) | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Hendricks | 6.0 miles | 16 |
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 Pumpkintown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7259859 | 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 1250271. 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.
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.









