Arrowwood, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Chesnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29323. The Survey maps it on the Fingerville East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1953 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Cowpens quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Cowpens NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Fingerville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Fingerville East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
174 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Arrowwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 519 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | North Carolina Forest Service | WHOLE LOTTA LOVE |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | North Carolina Forest Service | JUG FIRE |
| 4 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | CHOO CHOO FIRE |
| 21 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | PAINTER RD |
| 2 September 2019 | Other causes | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | JACK MCKENNEY RD |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | GULLY |
| 2 September 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Arrowwood: 5 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tin, Iron, Kyanite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliffside-Elkin Kyn Belt Deposit | Kyanite | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Cowpens Battlefield Bog-Iron Mine | Iron | Unknown | Bog Iron Limonite | |
| Rutherford County Dredge and P | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dills Creek Cassiterite Occurrence E Trib | Tin | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Goodes Creek Cassiterite Occurrences Se Trib | Tin | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Lower East Trib Cassiterite Occurrence of Floyds Creek | Tin | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Lower Goodes Creek Cassiterite Occurrence | Tin | Occurrence | Placer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesnee | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Brooklyn | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Cooley Springs | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Mayo Mills | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Mayo | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Springdale Estates | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Mountain View | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Fingerville | 6.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1248094. 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.









