Snoddy, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Fairmont Mills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29385. It stands on Jordan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wellford quadrangle.
On record in Snoddy
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.
New Hope Farmlisted 1999 · 0.3 miles away
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 Greer quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Greer quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Wellford quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
124 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Snoddy between 1992 and 2019, burning about 396 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 58 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Fireworks | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Snoddy: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbuckle Quarry | Granite | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snoddy in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snoddy | - | Amateur radio reported power lines blown down off I-85 near mile marker 66. County comms reported trees down on Whitney Ave and on Georgia St at Hudson St. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snoddy | - | A couple trees were blown down on the west side of Spartanburg, including on Mt Zion Rd about 8 miles west of town and on California Ave. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmont Mills | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Jackson Mill | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Larkin | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Brookside Village | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Startex | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cambridge | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Clevedale | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Wellford | 2.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231810. 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.







