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Renfrew, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Travelers Rest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29690. The Survey maps it on the Paris Mountain quadrangle.

Renfrew within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

156 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Renfrew between 1992 and 2020, burning about 443 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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 burning61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3
Other causes3
Smoking1

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
25 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Renfrew: 3 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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
Unnamed Crushed Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, GraniteUnknownMetamorphic
Westmoreland MineGoldPast ProducerVein Some Placer Work
Westmoreland MineGoldPast Producer
Hendrix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Hendrix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Zupan Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Zupan Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Greenville County

Storms near this place

6 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Renfrew in 6 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
December 2024Thunderstorm WindRenfrew-Highway patrol reported a tree blown down along Keeler Mill Rd and another tree down on Mountain Creek Rd.
April 2020HailRenfrew-Newspaper relayed report of quarter size hail in the Travelers Rest area.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindRenfrew-Highway patrol and the public reported several trees blown down from Tigerville to Taylors to the Greer area. A couple of trees were also down in the Blue Ridge area.
March 2017HailRenfrew-Public reported (via Social Media) nickel to quarter size hail in the Travelers Rest area.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindRenfrew-Highway Patrol reported a tree blown down at the intersection of Foot Hills Road and McElhaney Road and another tree down at Old Buncombe Rd and South Rockview Dr.
April 2015HailRenfrew-Spotter reported 3/4 inch hail.

Every storm recorded in Greenville 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
Sunny Slopes0.5 miles13
Travelers Rest1.2 miles13
Points North2.4 miles13
Stratford Forest3.0 miles13
Bellvue3.1 miles17
Brookgreen3.2 miles13
Little Texas3.4 miles13
Marietta3.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231718. 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.