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Woodruff, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Woodruff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29388. The Survey maps it on the Woodruff quadrangle. 4,212 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 787 feet above sea level.

Woodruff within Spartanburg County

On record in Woodruff

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Woodruff grew from 4,090 to 4,212 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.

YearPeople Change
20104,090
20204,212+122 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Woodruff between 1992 and 2019, burning about 428 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined39
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
26 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2002Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 1999Smoking1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spartanburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Woodruff: 6 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Vermiculite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, Kyanite. 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
418 Sand PitSandUnknownSedimentary
Alexander Sillimanite ProspectKyaniteUnknownMetamorphic
Cresent DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tyger River MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Foster #3VermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Foster MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Fountain Inn #2 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
L.B. CaseyVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Mason #1 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Mason #2 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion

Every working recorded in Spartanburg County

Storms near this place

31 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodruff in 31 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 lightning, 1 heavy rain. 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
July 2008LightningWoodruff$75,000Lightning ignited a fire on Breezy Hill Lane, causing extensive damage to the structure.
May 2009LightningWoodruff$50,000Lightning ignited a fire at the Woodruff High School football stadium, destroying the press box.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindWoodruff$20,000Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down, some onto vehicles and homes.
August 2005Heavy RainWoodruff$10,000Ankle-deep water entered a couple of businesses on Main St after a period of heavy rain. The business owners reported this has been a recurring event due to problems with drainage.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindWoodruff$5,000County comms reported multiple trees and a few power lines blown down east of Woodruff.
July 2005HailWoodruff$5,000Large hail damaged a roof.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWoodruff-Emergency manager reported multiple trees and power lines blown down in the Woodruff and Enoree areas.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindWoodruff-Ham radio operator and DOT reported multiple trees and some power lines blown down in the Woodruff area.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindWoodruff-County comms reported trees blown down on Maryland Dr and on Parker Rd.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindWoodruff-A tree was blown down on E Georgia St in Woodruff.
April 2012HailWoodruff-Quarter size hail was reported about a mile southeast of Woodruff.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindWoodruff-Numerous large trees were blown down around the Woodruff area.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWoodruff-A few trees were blown down on the east side of Woodruff, including on Cavins Rd and on Varner Rd. One tree fell on a house.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindWoodruff-Three trees were blown down in the Woodruff area.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindWoodruff-Large tree limbs were blown down on Buncombe St, with power lines also downed about 2 miles south of Woodruff.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWoodruff-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Woodruff. One tree fell on and punctured the roof of a home on W Georgia St.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWoodruff-Several large tree limbs blown down around Woodruff, and power lines down on highway 221.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindWoodruff-Trees down along Old Spartanburg Highway and highway 221 in Woodruff. Trees also down on Stillhouse Rd and highway 221.
June 2005HailWoodruff-Small, 1.5 inch diameter, limbs blown down as well.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindWoodruff-Some trees were blown down across Interstate 26 near the Highway 221 exit.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWoodruff-Numerous large trees were blown down across roads. County officials reported that Public Works crews were out all night cleaning up.
June 2007HailWoodruff-no account filed
June 2002HailWoodruff-no account filed
July 1999HailWoodruff-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindWoodruff-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindWoodruff-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWoodruff-no account filed
July 1997LightningWoodruff-no account filed
February 1997Thunderstorm WindWoodruff-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindWoodruff-no account filed
August 1994HailWoodruff-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Spartanburg 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
Kilgore3.9 miles12
Crescent4.5 miles13
Switzer4.5 miles13
Green Pond4.8 miles13
Millville (historical)5.0 miles14
Crows (historical)5.1 miles12
Hobbyville6.3 miles12
Dillard Crossroads6.5 miles13

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 WoodruffAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2734150The 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 1251504. 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.