Winnsboro Mills, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winnsboro South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29180. The Survey maps it on the Winnsboro Mills quadrangle. 1,632 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 561 feet above sea level.
On record in Winnsboro Mills
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Rural Pointlisted 1972 · 0.6 miles away
Hunstantonlisted 1984 · 0.7 miles away
Ketchin Buildinglisted 1970 · 1.0 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresWinnsboro Mills fell from 1,898 to 1,632 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,898 | |
| 2020 | 1,632 | -266 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1904 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 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
- 1969 USGS Winnsboro Mills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
194 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Winnsboro Mills between 1992 and 2019, burning about 592 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined | 78 |
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Winnsboro Mills: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rion Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension | Unknown | Igneous | |
| Hobbs Quarry | Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Igneous | |
| Johnson Quarry | Granite, Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Igneous Intrusion | |
| Superior Stone Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winnsboro Mills in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winnsboro Mills | $2,000 | Dispatch reported trees down along 9th Street in Winnsboro Mills. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Winnsboro Mills | - | Fairfield County Dispatch reported flash flooding causing cars to stall at the intersection of Old Camden Rd and Columbia Rd. |
| December 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winnsboro Mills | - | SCEMD employee relayed information from Fairfield County Dispatch of multiple closed roads closed due to downed trees, specifically around 303 Palmetto Ave in Winnsboro. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winnsboro Mills | - | Winnsboro PD reported a tree down on a power line on Marion Ave. Time estimated. |
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.
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 Winnsboro Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2738376 | 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 1231932. 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.







