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White Horse, 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. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle.

White Horse within Greenville County

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.

Fires near this place

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of White Horse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 408 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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/undetermined37
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism14
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking3
Other causes2

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
4 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2009Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1998Debris 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 White Horse: 5 prospects, 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Edgcomb Steel--Greenville, S.C.Iron, AluminumProducer
Greenville MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vulcan Materials Co. S. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
B E Woodson ProspectMicaProspect
Boling MineMicaPast Producer
C H Ellis ProspectMicaProspect
G F Fuller DepositMicaOccurrence
R S Berry ProspectMicaProspect
W F Holloway & J J Brown ProspectsMicaProspect
Will Cleveland ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Greenville County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Horse in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2020Flash FloodWhite Horse$200,000Stream gauges, emergency management, and local law enforcement reported flash flooding developed across central and portions of northern Greenville county after a total of 5 to 6 inches fell across the area in about 24 hours. The most significant flooding was observed along the Reedy River watershed in the Greenville area, where stream gauges on the river quickly rose to the established moderate flood stage during the morning of the 20th. Inundation of Westfield St and Hudson St occurred, while portions of the Swamp Rabbit trail and Cleveland Park were also flooded. The Enoree River and one of its major tributaries, Brushy Creek were also impacted on the east side and Greer areas, flooding portions of Aiken Chapel Rd, Gibbs Shoals Rd among other roads and low lying areas. Other roads in the area were washed out or flooded by smaller streams or due to poor drainage, including Keith Dr in the city of Greenville, Rison Rd and Gethsemane Dr on the west side of Greenville, Bull Rd and Forrester Rd in the Blue Ridge area.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindWhite Horse$20,000Numerous sources reported multiple trees and power lines blown down throughout central Greenville County, from west Greenville, across the southern part of the city to the Eastside. A power pole snapped and fell on a home in the Judson Mill area. A tree fell through a mobile home in the Taylors area. Some buildings on the Eastside experienced minor roof damage, including at Bob Jones University. A 58 mph wind gust was measured by the ASOS at the Greenville Downtown airport at 6:55 PM EST.
March 1996Thunderstorm WindWhite Horse$15,000no account filed
May 2020FloodWhite Horse$10,000Although heavy rainfall became less frequent throughout the late morning and afternoon of the 20th, runoff from the heavy rainfall that fell throughout the Reedy River and Enoree River watersheds on the 19th and early morning of the 20th resulted in flooding persisting along the Reedy, the Enoree, and some tributaries into the morning of the 21st. Total 48 hour rainfall of 6 to 9 inches was observed across much of central and northern Greenville County.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWhite Horse-Five trees were blown down in the Gantt community.
March 1996HailWhite Horse-no account filed
March 1996HailWhite Horse-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
Smith Heights0.5 miles14
Riley Estates0.6 miles14
Staunton Heights0.7 miles14
Oak Crest0.7 miles14
Welcome Acres0.7 miles14
Chestnut Hills0.8 miles14
Carolina Heights0.8 miles14
Welcome0.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231914. 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.