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Woodville, South Carolina

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Woodville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29669. The Survey maps it on the Pelzer quadrangle.

Woodville within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

190 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Woodville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 449 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined79
Debris and open burning50
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking5
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
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
9 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2009Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Woodville: 3 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kyanite, Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Titanium, Thorium. 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
Delzer DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Joe Darby DepositMicaOccurrence
Placer Prospect 9-PIron, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
WaldropIron, Titanium, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Beam Sillimanite ProspectKyaniteProspect
Beam Sillimanite ProspectKyaniteUnknownMetamorphic
Pearson and Scott Sillimanite PrsptKyaniteProspect

Every working recorded in Greenville County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodville in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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
November 2016Tornado (EF1)Woodville$500,000This tornado touched down in the vicinity of Sandy Springs Rd, just north of the Preston Rd intersection and tracked east/northeast along an intermittent path. Initial damage was limited to downed large limbs and trees, although some greenhouses were damaged to Woodmont High School (intersection of W Georgia Rd and Reedy Fork Rd. The most significant damage, rated EF1 occurred along a 2.5 mile stretch from near the Fork Shoals Rd/W Georgia Rd intersection, along W Georgia Rd to just outside the city limits of Simpsonville. A garage attached to a frame home collapsed near the intersection of W Georgia Rd and Sullivan Rd. Two frame homes near the intersection of Rivereen Way and Riverchase Ct, and three houses on Leafmore Ct had large sections of roofing removed, as did a home on Plamondon Dr. A house on Glenbow Ct had one side of the exterior wall of its second story and attic removed. At least a dozen additional houses and mobile homes received mostly minor roof damage in this area. The tornado appeared to weaken as it moved into the city of Simpsonville, although numerous large trees were uprooted and large limbs downed across the city. One tree fell on a carport. The tornado continued east/northeast from Simpsonville, roughly paralleling E Georgia Rd. Numerous trees and large limbs were blown down east of the city, while minor structural damage to homes and outbuildings was reported. The tornado crossed into Spartanburg County near the confluence of Gilder Creek with the Enoree River.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindWoodville-Emergency manager reported multiple trees and power lines blown down on West Georgia Rd and Highway 418. Public reported about a dozen trees blown down around Windover Ln in Fountain Inn. Numerous other trees were reported down across southern Greenville County, especially in the Pelzer area.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWoodville-County comms reported a tree blown down on Highway 25 in the Pelzer area and another tree down at Highway 418 and Fairview Rd in Simpsonville.
January 2014Thunderstorm WindWoodville-Trees were blown down on Alverson Rd and Oaklawn Rd and power lines were blown down at New Harrison Bridge Rd and Fairview Rd.
May 2012HailWoodville-no account filed
June 2009HailWoodville-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
Ware Place1.5 miles10
East View2.7 miles10
Canterbury3.0 miles10
McKelvey Crossroads3.1 miles9
Lickville3.6 miles9
Moonville4.6 miles10
Fork Shoals4.7 miles9
Belle Terre Acres5.3 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231940. 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.