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Toxaway, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Anderson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29624. It stands on Depot Creek. The Survey maps it on the Anderson South quadrangle.

Toxaway within Anderson County

On record in Toxaway

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Toxaway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 252 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined36
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes2
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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2009Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Smoking6.1 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Toxaway: 4 producers, 3 prospects, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica, Titanium, Iron, Gemstone. 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
Beaver CreekTitanium, IronUnknownVein Outcrop Exposure
Mcconnell ProspectMica, GemstoneProspect
Cliff Webb ProspectMicaProspect
J A Jones ProspectMicaProspect
Anderson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1973
Anderson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Broadway MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tribble QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Anderson County

Storms near this place

13 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toxaway in 13 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 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
June 2011LightningToxaway$50,000Lightning struck an unoccupied home on High Shoals Rd, igniting a fire that destroyed the structure.
November 2025HailToxaway-Multiple public reports of quarter to golf ball sized hail were received between Anderson and Honea Path, from the Belton Highway and Highway 252 intersection to just north of Honea Path.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindToxaway-County comms reported several trees blown down along Belton Hwy. Media reported additional trees down nearby on Gilmer Rd.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindToxaway-County comms reported a tree blown down on power lines at the intersection of Snow Rd and Amber Dr and another tree down at Highways 252 and 76.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindToxaway-Highway Patrol reported a tree blown down at Lakeside Dr and Shirley Store Rd. Public reported another tree down just south of Belton.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindToxaway-County comms reported multiple trees blown down at E Calhoun St and Old Colony Rd.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindToxaway-Highway Patrol reported a tree blown down at Highway 178 and Serena Cir and another tree down at Jule Martin Rd and Highway 252.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindToxaway-Trees were blown down on Amity Rd, about 4 miles east of Anderson.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindToxaway-A tree was blown down near the intersection of Shirley Store Rd and highway 76 and another near the intersection of highways 185 and 28.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindToxaway-Trees were blown down on Oak Hill Dr, about 4 miles northeast of Anderson.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindToxaway-Large tree limbs were blown down on the southeast side of Anderson.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindToxaway-A large canopy was blown over and a canoe picked up and tossed about 100 feet on Broadway Lake.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindToxaway-Trees were blown down along highway 76 south of Belton.

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
Anderson Gardens0.8 miles13
Heritage Hills1.1 miles17
Anderson1.2 miles17
Highland Acres1.2 miles17
Fairfield Acres1.2 miles13
Caldwell Village1.3 miles14
Carolina Springs1.3 miles14
Williamsburg Manor1.3 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.

Wikidata item Q122542350The 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 1231870. 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.