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Starr, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Starr census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29684. The Survey maps it on the Anderson South quadrangle. 165 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 771 feet above sea level.

Starr within Anderson County

Population over time

2 figures

Starr fell from 173 to 165 between 2010 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.

YearPeople Change
2010173
2020165-8 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

134 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Starr between 1992 and 2020, burning about 442 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Starr: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium. 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
Big Generostee CreekThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Big Mountain CreekThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownAlluvial Placer

Every working recorded in Anderson County

Storms near this place

34 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Starr in 34 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 26 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 7 injuries. 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
July 2017Thunderstorm WindStarr1 killedDepartment of Natural Resources reported a man and woman were thrown from their boat by a strong thunderstorm wind gust on Lake Hartwell near the Singing Pines recreation area. While the woman was quickly rescued by other boaters, the 54-year-old man was presumed drowned, as his body was never recovered.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindStarr7 hurtA camping trailer was overturned on Campers Way, with minor injuries to seven occupants. Another trailer at this site was knocked off its supporting jack. |Numerous trees were blown down in the area as well, with one tree on a vehicle.
May 1996LightningStarr$5,000,000no account filed
April 2017Thunderstorm WindStarr$100,000EM and other sources reported widespread downed trees and power lines and light to moderate damage to structures. While the swath of damaging winds impacted practically the entire county, the worst damage was found from Starr and Iva to the Honea Path area.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindStarr$100,000A cabinet shop was blown apart and strewn across a highway. Its contents which were valued at $75K were destroyed.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindStarr$1,000County reported a mobile home and utility building damaged. A car was reportedly moved by wind at 1109 Secton Gin Rd.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindStarr-Public reported several trees blown down in the Starr area and a couple of trees down around Iva.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindStarr-County comms reported multiple trees blown down across the southern part of the county from Starr to near Honea Path.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindStarr-Public reported numerous trees and large limbs blown down and a flag pole bent to the ground in the area just east of Sadlers Creek State Park.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindStarr-County comms reported trees blown down in the Starr and Iva areas.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindStarr-Media reported multiple trees blown down in Starr.
May 2017HailStarr-Media relayed multiple reports of penny to nickel sized hail near Starr.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindStarr-Highway Patrol reported multiple trees blown down from Starr to near Belton.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindStarr-Trees were blown down on Trotter Rd at highway 29 and on Travis Rd about 4.5 miles north of Starr.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindStarr-Two trees were blown down in the Starr area.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindStarr-Multiple trees were blown down between Starr and Iva.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindStarr-A tree was blown down on highway 29 at the state line.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindStarr-A tree was blown down on Good Hope Church Rd near highway 81.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindStarr-Trees and power lines were blown down near the junction of highways 187 and 29.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindStarr-Large tree limbs were blown down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindStarr-Several trees blown down along highway 187 south of Starr.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindStarr-Estimated 60 mph winds and numerous tree limbs down along highway 29 south of Holland Store.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindStarr-Several trees down.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindStarr-Several trees were blown down and a stack of lumber was blown around.
March 2008HailStarr-no account filed
July 2008HailStarr-no account filed
December 2005HailStarr-no account filed
July 2003HailStarr-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindStarr-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindStarr-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindStarr-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindStarr-no account filed
June 1996HailStarr-no account filed
May 1995HailStarr-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Anderson 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
Deans1.8 miles14
Flat Rock4.0 miles14
Chambert Forest4.5 miles14
Mountain Creek4.8 miles14
Allendale4.9 miles15
Meadow Fields5.1 miles14
Iva5.2 miles14
Gluck5.4 miles14

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 StarrAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2013800The 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 1251028. 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.