Silverstreet, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Newberry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29145. It stands on Welch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Silverstreet quadrangle. 164 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 492 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresSilverstreet fell from 216 to 164 between 2000 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 216 | |
| 2010 | 162 | -54 (-25%) |
| 2020 | 164 | +2 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 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
- 1971 USGS Silverstreet quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Silverstreet between 1992 and 2019, burning about 344 acres in total. 8 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/undetermined | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 6.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Silverstreet: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newberry Quarry | Granite | Unknown | Igneous | |
| Newberry Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Abney Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary Clay | |
| Topelo Mines | Clay | Producer | ||
| Tupelo Mine | Clay | Unknown |
Storms near this place
22 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silverstreet in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverstreet | $75,000 | An intense microburst ripped the roof off an industrial building, took many trees down, some on homes, and destroyed several outbuildings. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverstreet | $16,000 | Sheriff reported a couple of trees down, one on a vehicle. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverstreet | $14,000 | Dispatch reported multiple trees and powerlines down around the county from Chappells to Silverstreet to Prosperity. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverstreet | $8,000 | Highway Patrol reported trees down in Silverstreen and along Hwy 34, Werts Road, and Deadfall Road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverstreet | $3,000 | Sheriff reported several trees down at SC121 and Elisha Church Road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverstreet | $3,000 | Sheriff reported several trees down at the intersection of SC121 and SC34. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverstreet | - | Newberry County Dispatch reported trees down in Silverstreet on Highway 34. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Silverstreet | - | Public reported golf ball size hail in the Silverstreet area. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverstreet | - | County Sheriff Dispatch reported a tree down on a car and power lines down. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Silverstreet | - | Sheriff reported nickel size hail. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Silverstreet | - | COOP reported golfball size hail north of Silverstreet. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Silverstreet | - | Powell Way, a SKYWARN spotter, reported penny size hail at his home. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverstreet | - | Sheriff reported trees down on hwys 34 and 121. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Silverstreet | - | Sheriff reported penny size hail. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Silverstreet | - | Sheriff reported nickel size hail in Silverstreet. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Silverstreet | - | Post Office carrier reported 3/4 inch hail occurred just southeast of Silver Street. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Silverstreet | - | Post Office reported 3/4 inch hail occurred east of Silverstreet. |
| November 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Silverstreet | - | An F1 tornado took down many trees and powerlines in rural Newberry county nera SC hwy 48. No damage was done to what few homes that are out there. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverstreet | - | Sheriff reported trees down on powerlines in the Silverstreet area. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverstreet | - | Sheriff reported some trees down in the Silverstreet and Newberry areas. |
| February 1998 | Hail | Silverstreet | - | County EOC reported golfball size hail in Silverstreet. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverstreet | - | Several trees were knocked down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deadfall Crossroads | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Trinity | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Spearman (historical) | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Smyrna | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Longshore | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Oldtown (historical) | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Helena | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Newberry | 6.4 miles | 13 |
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 Silverstreet | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q741706 | 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 1226626. 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.






