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Taylors, South Carolina

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Taylors census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29687. It stands on Mountain Creek. The Survey maps it on the Taylors quadrangle. 23,222 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 932 feet above sea level.

Taylors within Greenville County

On record in Taylors

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Taylors grew from 21,617 to 23,222 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
201021,617
202023,222+1,605 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Taylors between 1992 and 2019, burning about 123 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined20
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism3

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
5 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 June 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville 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 Taylors: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
Barnett & Simmons DepositsMicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Greenville County

Storms near this place

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taylors in 45 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 19 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 5 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
May 1998Thunderstorm WindTaylors3 hurtno account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindTaylors2 hurtno account filed
August 2003LightningTaylors$100,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindTaylors$25,000no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindTaylors$2,000A pulse severe thunderstorm blew down a number of trees in a Taylors neighborhood. One tree fell across a storage building.
March 1995Thunderstorm WindTaylors$2,000no account filed
December 2009Flash FloodTaylors$1,000Quite a few roads closed due to flooding throughout the Greenville and Greer areas. Although most of the flooding was due to poor drainage, some streams were involved, particularly the Reedy River. Some of the roads affected included Hudson Rd, which was closed at Prestige Ct. A portion of Brushy Creek Rd was closed, as well as Boiling Springs Rd near Sugar Creek Rd, where over a foot of water covered about a 200-foot section of the road. Also, portions of Hammett Bridge Rd were closed. The Reedy River exceeded established flood stage in downtown Greenville, flooding portions of Cleveland Park.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindTaylors$1,000Several trees were blown down. One fell on a house.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindTaylors$1,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindTaylors-Public reported at least one tree blown down on East Darby Rd. County comms reported power lines blown down in the same area.
May 2024HailTaylors-Numerous social media pictures of golf ball size hail from Taylors to Greer. Also, NWS employee reported quarter size hail on Old Spartanburg Rd.
August 2019HailTaylors-Multiple reports were received from the public of pea to marble hail, with a couple of reports of quarter size hail.
March 2017HailTaylors-Public reported between tennis ball and baseball size 2.5 inch hail at Hudson Rd and Old Spartanburg Rd.
March 2017HailTaylors-NWS employee reported 2-inch diameter hail on Overcup Ct.
April 2015HailTaylors-Spotter reported up to golf ball size hail near Taylors. Another spotter reported quarter size hail just north of Greer. At least one other quarter size hail report was received from the Greer area.
July 2013HailTaylors-Larger than golf ball sized hail fell along highway 290, south of Lake Robinson.
July 2013Flash FloodTaylors-Public reported that Brushy Creek was out of it's banks and damaging a road in the Kingsgate Subdivision. The bridge on Boiling Springs Road near Brushy Creek was completely submerged.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindTaylors-Several trees were blown down near the intersection of highway 290 and Milford Church Rd. A tree was also blown down on West Gap Creek Rd near highway 101.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindTaylors-Trees were blown down on East Darby Rd, Cantrell Rd at Wofford Rd and N Rutherford Rd at highway 101.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindTaylors-Multiple trees were blown down in the Hudson's Corner area.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindTaylors-Trees and power lines were blown down on the northwest side of the Taylors community.
May 2011HailTaylors-Hail up to golf ball size fell in a nearly continuous swath from 5 miles southwest of Greer, across the Five Forks and Mauldin areas, ending in Fountain Inn.
July 2010HailTaylors-Dime to quarter size hail fell at Hudson Rd.
December 2009FloodTaylors-Although heavy rain began to wind down across the area during the late afternoon and early evening, flooding persisted in some areas, while new flooding developed, as runoff worked its way through the waterways. Floodwaters gradually moved down the Reedy River to the Simpsonville area, where flooding did not subside until 6 AM on the 3rd.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindTaylors-One tree down on Center Rd and another down on Lincoln Rd just off of Wade Hampton Blvd. in Taylors.
June 2006HailTaylors-Quarter size hail in the Pebble Creek area.
June 2005Heavy RainTaylors-Roads covered with water in the Botany Woods subdivision.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindTaylors-Several large limbs were blown down.
August 2003Flash FloodTaylors-Several roads flooded, including portions of Old Spartanburg Rd and Wade Hampton Bvd. A creek overflowed its banks in Taylors, flooding several yards.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindTaylors-Several small trees were blown down.
September 1994HailTaylors-,,,,,,,,Hail (1.75) Greer,25,1215EST,,,0,0,3,0,Hail (1.75) ,,,,,,,,Funnel Cloud
July 2012HailTaylors-no account filed
June 2011HailTaylors-no account filed
September 2009HailTaylors-no account filed
June 2008HailTaylors-no account filed
August 2007HailTaylors-no account filed
December 2004Flash FloodTaylors-no account filed
May 2003HailTaylors-no account filed
December 2002Flash FloodTaylors-no account filed
June 2002HailTaylors-no account filed
April 2000HailTaylors-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindTaylors-no account filed
February 1997Flash FloodTaylors-no account filed
June 1997HailTaylors-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindTaylors-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greenville 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
Oak View0.5 miles11
Lorena Park0.7 miles11
Old Mill Estates0.9 miles11
Chick Springs0.9 miles11
Colonial Hills1.0 miles11
Edwards Forest Heights1.1 miles11
Groveland Dell1.2 miles11
Seven Oaks1.2 miles11

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 TaylorsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1669602The 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 1251128. 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.