Shelton, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Monticello-Salem Crossroads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29015. It stands on High Hill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blair quadrangle.
On record in Shelton
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.
Shivar Springs Bottling Company Cisternslisted 1984 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1904 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Blair quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
68 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Shelton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 511 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shelton in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Shelton | $5,000 | NWS storm survey followed up on reports of trees down from the utility company and postal carriers. Many trees were down along the path and minor damage was done to a home and out-buildings at 1517 Clowney road. The tornado peaked about a quarter of a mile west of the home as an EF1. |
| August 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Shelton | $5,000 | Storm survey found trees down along a path about 60 yards wide on Mcconnel road, SC20-99, hwy 215, and Cool Branch road. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shelton | $1,000 | DOT reported a couple of trees down on hwy 51. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shelton | - | SC DOT official reported trees down on 99 Rd between the Broad River and SC Hwy 215. Time estimated. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shelton | - | Tree down at 99 Rd and Auburn Dr. Time estimated. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shelton | - | SLED reported large limbs down on HWY 215. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Lylesford (historical) | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Feasterville | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Cool Branch | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Blair | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Rock Creek | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Old Buckhead | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Strother | 7.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1250855. 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.







