Westville, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29611. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle.

Westville within Greenville County

On record in Westville

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.

Brandon Milllisted 2014 · 0.9 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1935 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:48000
1938 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Westville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 458 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 burning	34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	32
Misuse of fire by a minor	10
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Arson/incendiarism	9
Recreation and ceremony	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Smoking	4
Natural	2
Other causes	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
4 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2005	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 2009	Railroad operations and maintenance	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 2009	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
6 August 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Westville: 3 producers, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Edgcomb Steel--Greenville, S.C.	Iron, Aluminum	Producer
Saluda Lake Mine	Sand	Unknown	Sedimentary
Greenville Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Thomas Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Sedimentary
W.F. Thomas Sand Company	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Boling Mine	Mica	Past Producer
C H Ellis Prospect	Mica	Prospect
G F Fuller Deposit	Mica	Occurrence
R S Berry Prospect	Mica	Prospect

Every working recorded in Greenville County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westville in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 hail, 1 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
January 2023	Flash Flood	Westville	$10,000	Stream gauges indicated flash flooding developed along the Reedy River basin after 3 to 4 inches of rain fell across the Greenville metro area in less than 24 hours, with round half of that falling in just a few hours on the morning of the 4th. The Reedy River exceeded its established flood stage in downtown Greenville, indicating flooding of primarily green ways and adjacent sidewalks through the city, including of Unity Park and Cleveland Park, which was also impacted by backwater effects from Richland Creek. Inundated roads included Lakehurst St and Hudson St. Brushy Creek also flooded on the Eastside, inundating a golf course and flooding areas near Devenger Rd. Finally, a car stalled in significant urban flooding at the intersection of Halton Rd and Haywood Rd, where the occupants required rescue.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Westville	$2,000	Multiple sources reported a few trees large limbs and power lines blown down throughout the city of Greenville and vicinity. One tree fell on a vehicle on Coolidge Ave.
January 2023	Flood	Westville	$1,000	Although heavy rain ended across the Greenville metro area by late morning, flooding continued along the Reedy River into the afternoon as runoff from the morning and overnight heavy rainfall slowed the recession of water levels. Green ways, parks, and sidewalks s well as portions of the Swamp Rabbit Trail remained inundated.
November 2018	Flood	Westville	$1,000	Flooding developed in the Greenville area from overflowing streams and drainage systems after 3 to 3.5 inches of rain fell over the area in about a 12 hour period. A stream gauge on the Reedy River on the west side of downtown Greenville exceeded its established flood stage, indicating flooding of Cleveland Park. Stream flooding was also reported along Brushy Creek in the Eastside area, where Boiling Springs Rd was reportedly impassable. Significant urban flooding also occurred in west Greenville, where deep ponding of water was reported on portions of W Faris Rd and Spring St.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Westville	-	Multiple trees and power lines were blown down from downtown Greenville and Mauldin to Simpsonville, Five Forks, Greer, and Taylors. One tree fell on a home on Boyd Ave in Simpsonville. In addition, the ASOS at Greenville-Spartanburg Int'l Airport measured a wind gust of 58 mph at 7:26 pm.
May 2011	Hail	Westville	-	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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Mansfield Park	0.1 miles	14
Lockwood Heights	0.3 miles	14
Parker	0.4 miles	14
Poinsett	0.6 miles	14
Brandon	0.7 miles	14
Woodside	0.7 miles	14
Woodbriar	0.9 miles	14
West Greenville	1.0 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231909. 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.