Alta Vista, 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 29601. It stands on Richland Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle.

Alta Vista within Greenville County

On record in Alta Vista

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 6 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Lanneau-Norwood Houselisted 1982 · 0.2 miles away
T. Q. Donaldson Houselisted 1980 · 0.4 miles away
Greenville Gas and Electric Light Companylisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
William and Harriet Wilkins Houselisted 2016 · 1.0 miles away
Reedy River Falls Historic Park and Greenwaylisted 1973 · 1.0 miles away
Reedy River Falls Historic Park and Greenway (Boundary Increase)listed 1978 · 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Alta Vista between 1992 and 2018, burning about 281 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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	27
Debris and open burning	12
Arson/incendiarism	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Other causes	1
Smoking	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
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
30 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
31 July 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 July 2009	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 July 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
15 July 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Alta Vista: 3 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Iron, Aluminum. 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
Edgcomb Steel--Greenville, S.C.	Iron, Aluminum	Producer
Boling Mine	Mica	Past Producer
R S Berry Prospect	Mica	Prospect
W F Holloway & J J Brown Prospects	Mica	Prospect
Will Cleveland Prospect	Mica	Prospect

Every working 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
Cleveland Forest	0.4 miles	14
University Ridge Homes	0.5 miles	14
Roosevelt Heights	0.5 miles	14
Carver Park	1.0 miles	14
Nicholtown	1.1 miles	12
Boyce Lawn	1.1 miles	14
Traxler Park	1.2 miles	14
Club Forest	1.2 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1245397. 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.