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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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 quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Paris Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
156 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite | Unknown | Metamorphic | |
| Westmoreland Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein Some Placer Work | |
| Westmoreland Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Hendrix Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Hendrix Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Zupan Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Zupan Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2015Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renfrew | - | Highway patrol reported a tree blown down along Keeler Mill Rd and another tree down on Mountain Creek Rd. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Renfrew | - | Newspaper relayed report of quarter size hail in the Travelers Rest area. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renfrew | - | 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 2017 | Hail | Renfrew | - | Public reported (via Social Media) nickel to quarter size hail in the Travelers Rest area. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renfrew | - | 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 2015 | Hail | Renfrew | - | Spotter reported 3/4 inch hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny Slopes | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Travelers Rest | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Points North | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Stratford Forest | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bellvue | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Brookgreen | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Little Texas | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Marietta | 3.6 miles | 15 |
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.







