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Tigerville, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tigerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29687. It stands on Barton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tigerville quadrangle. 1,244 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,014 feet above sea level.

Tigerville within Greenville County

On record in Tigerville

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

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Tigerville fell from 1,312 to 1,244 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
20101,312
20201,244-68 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Tigerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 495 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
Debris and open burning54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Natural1
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
6 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 July 2009Debris and open burning8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth 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

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Tigerville: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
L E Stringer ProspectMicaProspect
Sandy Flat QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Sandy Flats QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
TigerVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Tigerville ProspectZirconiumOccurrence
Cureton MineGoldPast Producer
Westmoreland MineGoldPast ProducerVein Some Placer Work
Westmoreland MineGoldPast Producer
Wild Cat MineGoldUnknownVein
Wild Cat MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greenville County

Storms near this place

47 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tigerville in 47 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 25 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
July 2008Thunderstorm WindTigerville$500,000A microburst caused major roof damage to a building on the campus of North Greenville College. The portion of roof that was removed was thrown on to the roof of another building, causing additional damage.
July 1994HailTigerville$500,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindTigerville$500,000no account filed
March 1994Tornado (F0)Tigerville$5,000A brief tornado developed from a severe thunderstorm near the North Greenville College area. The storm removed the roof of a substantial garage, tossed a boat around, downed a large oak tree, and otherwise caused minor damage.
May 2003HailTigerville$1,000Hail broke out skylights at a residence.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindTigerville-Multiple sources reported a number of trees and large limbs and power lines blown down across Greenville County, from Tigerville, south through Travelers Rest and much of the Greenville metro area, to Simpsonville and Fountain Inn. Hundreds of power outages were reported, especially in the Greenville area.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindTigerville-Ham radio operator reported trees and power lines blown down at Camp Creek Road and Camp Creek Road Ext.
June 2022HailTigerville-Public reported up to golf ball size hail in the Tigerville community.
May 2020HailTigerville-Public reported penny size hail along Mountain View Road.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindTigerville-Highway Patrol reported trees blown down at the intersection of Highway 414 and N Tigerville Rd.
March 2017HailTigerville-Numerous sources reported that the first in a series of severe thunderstorms produced up to golf ball size hail from Tigerville, through Taylors and the Eastside.
March 2017HailTigerville-Public reported ping pong ball size hail at North Greenville College.
September 2014HailTigerville-County comms and public reported dime to quarter sized hail along North Tigerville Rd.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindTigerville-Spotter reported large tree limbs blown down off North Tigerville Rd.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindTigerville-NWS employee estimated at least 60 mph winds near Tigerville. County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down on Bailey Mill Rd and another tree down on Chinquapin rd in the same area.
May 2011HailTigerville-Hail up to golf ball size fell in a swath from Tigerville to the Taylors area.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindTigerville-Two trees were blown down a little to the northeast of the town of Tigerville.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindTigerville-Four to five inch diameter tree limbs were blown down between Tigerville and highway 11.
June 2006HailTigerville-Quarter size hail near the state line north of Tigerville.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindTigerville-Trees down near the intersection of Oak Grove Rd and Hogback Mountain Rd.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindTigerville-North Greenville College DPS reported several large limbs and a few trees blown down around campus.
July 2003Flash FloodTigerville-Very heavy rainfall caused a pond to overflow and wash away a driveway, as well as several trees. At least one creek flooded in the area as well.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindTigerville-Storm survey found area of downed trees 2 miles west of the highway 11/14 interchange.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindTigerville-Spotter reported two trees down.
June 2011HailTigerville-no account filed
May 2010HailTigerville-no account filed
March 2008Thunderstorm WindTigerville-no account filed
March 2008HailTigerville-no account filed
August 2008HailTigerville-no account filed
May 2007HailTigerville-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindTigerville-no account filed
June 2006HailTigerville-no account filed
May 2006HailTigerville-no account filed
July 2004HailTigerville-no account filed
March 2003Flash FloodTigerville-no account filed
May 2003HailTigerville-no account filed
May 2003HailTigerville-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindTigerville-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindTigerville-no account filed
August 1999HailTigerville-no account filed
August 1999HailTigerville-no account filed
April 1998HailTigerville-no account filed
May 1998HailTigerville-no account filed
February 1998HailTigerville-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindTigerville-no account filed
June 1997HailTigerville-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindTigerville-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
Mount View2.6 miles17
Highland2.8 miles17
Taho (historical)2.9 miles17
Marydell (historical)3.3 miles17
Cross Plains3.5 miles17
Locust Hill3.6 miles17
Lendaw3.7 miles17
Blue Ridge3.8 miles17

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 TigervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474183The 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 1227133. 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.