Tradesville, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tradesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29720. The Survey maps it on the Tradesville quadrangle. 253 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 525 feet above sea level.
On record in Tradesville
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 2 records
Buford's Massacre Sitelisted 1990
William Harrison Sapp Houselisted 1990
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Tradesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
136 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Tradesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 456 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Carolina Forest Service | WALTERS MILL RD |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Tradesville: 6 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belk Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Funderbunk Mine | Gold | Unknown | Vein | |
| Funderburk Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Funderburk Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Mine | Gold | Unknown | Vein | |
| Knight Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Massey Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Stroud Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Stroud Prospect | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tradesville in 16 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Hail | Tradesville | $40,000 | Public reported golfball size hail covering the ground at the M and R Mini Mart. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tradesville | $2,000 | EMD reported a few trees down. |
| September 2012 | Flash Flood | Tradesville | $2,000 | Public reported that Tradesville road was flooded and impassable. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tradesville | $2,000 | Sheriff reported a couple of trees down in the Tradesville area on Shiloh Unity and Quiet Acres roads. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tradesville | $1,000 | Public reported very strong winds just southwest of Tradesville bending over a flag pole and putting a swing set up into a tree. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tradesville | $500 | Public reported very strong winds taking down a flag pole and putting a swing set up into a tree. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Tradesville | $100 | Trained spotter reported flooding, south of Tradesville, on Old Camden Monroe Hwy, between Shiloh Unity Rd and SC Hwy 9, where the road crosses North Branch Wildcat Creek. Reported relayed via social media with a video showing the flooding. Times estimated. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Tradesville | $100 | Henderson Rd was washed out and impassable due to flooding. Times approximate. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tradesville | - | Power poles and tree limbs down. Report via mPING. Time estimated. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tradesville | - | Trees down on McTown Rd. Time estimated. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Tradesville | - | Highway Patrol reported nickel size hail in Tradesville. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Tradesville | - | Public reported quarter size or larger hail just southwest of Tradesville on Tradesville Road. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Tradesville | - | Hail up to dime sized reported at a convenience store off of SC Hwy 9 near Tradesville. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Tradesville | - | Public reported penny size hail. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Tradesville | - | Fire Dept. reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tradesville | - | Newspaper reported trees and powerlines down between Tradesville, Antioch and Bufford. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart Crossroads | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Buford | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Lingles Crossroads | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Dwight Crossroads | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Doctor Sapps Crossroads | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sapps Crossroads | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Union | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Taxahaw | 5.7 miles | 13 |
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 Tradesville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q108649493 | The 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 1227190. 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.






