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Antioch, South Carolina

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Blacksburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29702. It stands on Dellingham Branch. The Survey maps it on the Grover quadrangle.

Antioch within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

285 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 285 fires within 5 miles of Antioch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 628 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined93
Debris and open burning67
Equipment and vehicle use35
Arson/incendiarism25
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Smoking17
Other causes6
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Fireworks4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
6 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceJUNK FIRE
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry CommissionLOVES FIRE
5 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceNIGHTFALL FIRE
30 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 119 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 119 workings within 5 miles of Antioch: 53 unknowns, 30 past producers, 17 occurrences, 11 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Manganese, Iron, Gold. 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
Dave Byers Manganese PitsManganese, Clay, IronUnknown1900
Ferguson MineGold, SulfurPast Producer
Gneiss Rock QuarryStoneUnknown1850
Kings Creek MineBarium-Barite, Zinc, Copper, LeadPast Producer1900, 1966
Kings Mountain Silica Inc MillQuartz, Mica, Feldspar, ClayProducer
M. Carroll Manganese MineFire Clay (Refractory), ManganesePast Producer
Moss Kaolin and Mica MineKaolin, MicaProducer1931
Mull ProspectTin, Niobium (Columbium), TitaniumProspect
Unnamed Beryl OccurrenceGemstone, BerylliumOccurrence1910
Unnamed Manganese Pits Fl - 067Manganese, Iron, ClayUnknown1940

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Wilburn (historical)3.9 miles20
Easterly Heights4.2 miles15
Blacksburg4.7 miles15
Glenwood Estates4.8 miles15
Kings Creek5.2 miles20
Cashion Crossroads5.6 miles15
Buffalo8.1 miles16
Cherokee Falls8.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1706298. 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.