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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.

South Greenwood within Greenwood County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

259 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined153
Debris and open burning56
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burning4.3 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenwood County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Benjamin Granite QuarryStone, DimensionUnknownIgneous

Every working recorded in Greenwood County

Storms near this place

6 since 2005

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2005Thunderstorm WindSouth Greenwood$2,000Scattered 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 2025HailSouth Greenwood-Public reported up to quarter size hail.
May 2021HailSouth Greenwood-Spotter reported quarter size hail on Highway 221 on the south side of Greenwood.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindSouth Greenwood-Emergency manager reported multiple trees and a few power lines blown down across central Greenwood County, with a few trees blocking roads.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindSouth 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 2011HailSouth Greenwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greenwood County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
New Market0.2 miles15
Mathews Village0.7 miles15
Panola Village0.7 miles15
Wisewood0.9 miles15
Sunset Acres0.9 miles15
Wade Heights1.1 miles15
Highland Forest1.1 miles15
Hartzog Acres1.2 miles15

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.