South Greenwood, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Greenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29646. It stands on Panola Branch. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1892 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
259 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of South Greenwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 360 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 153 |
| Debris and open burning | 56 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.3 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 South Greenwood: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Granite Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | Igneous |
Storms near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Greenwood in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Greenwood | $2,000 | Scattered trees down across the southern part of the county, including on the south side of the city and in Ninety Six. One house had roof damage in Greenwood. |
| April 2025 | Hail | South Greenwood | - | Public reported up to quarter size hail. |
| May 2021 | Hail | South Greenwood | - | Spotter reported quarter size hail on Highway 221 on the south side of Greenwood. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Greenwood | - | Emergency manager reported multiple trees and a few power lines blown down across central Greenwood County, with a few trees blocking roads. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Greenwood | - | County comms reported multiple trees blown down in association with two different storms from the south side of the city of Greenwood to near Lake Greenwood. |
| June 2011 | Hail | South Greenwood | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Market | 0.2 miles | 15 | |
| Mathews Village | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Panola Village | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Wisewood | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Sunset Acres | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Wade Heights | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Highland Forest | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Hartzog Acres | 1.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231812. 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.





