Asheton, South Carolina

12 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 29681. The Survey maps it on the Mauldin quadrangle.

Asheton within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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 quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Mauldin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Asheton between 1992 and 2017, burning about 213 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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	21
Debris and open burning	16
Misuse of fire by a minor	11
Arson/incendiarism	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
7 September 1999	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
26 August 2000	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
24 July 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
21 July 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
6 June 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
21 June 2002	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 June 2002	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
10 June 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Asheton: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Gillard Creek	Iron, Titanium, Thorium	Unknown	Placer , Modern , Fluvial
Pelham Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Pelham Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer	Metamorphic

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
Walkers Crossing	0.4 miles	12
Chaunessy	0.6 miles	12
Oak Creek	0.7 miles	12
Wedgefield	1.1 miles	12
Heritage Lakes	1.1 miles	12
Stoneledge	1.7 miles	12
Huntington Downs	1.8 miles	12
Five Forks	1.9 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1245401. 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.