Battle Creek, South Carolina
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Long Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29658. It stands on Shoulder Bone Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tugaloo Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 20 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.
- 1886 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1896 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Tugaloo Lake quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Tugaloo Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
91 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Battle Creek between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,746 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | COMMUNITY LANE |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 1997 | Fireworks | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | HWY 76 |
| 21 July 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | LITTLE LONG NOSE |
| 21 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | SPIDER VALLEY |
| 19 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.4 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | CAR |
| 26 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | BOLLING FIRE |
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 Battle Creek: 4 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension, Gold, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Doyle & Reedy Burns Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Cox Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Henckel Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Henckel Mine | Gold | Unknown | 1908 | |
| Marble Prospect | Marble, Dimension | Prospect | ||
| Marble Prospect | Marble, Dimension | Prospect | ||
| Marble Prospect | Marble, Dimension | Prospect |
Storms near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Battle Creek in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Lightning | Battle Creek | 2 hurt | Two people were injured by a lightning strike on the Chattooga River. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Creek | $5,000 | EM reported multiple trees blown down on Brasstown Rd, with one tree falling on and damaging a vehicle. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Creek | - | County comms reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across Oconee County, with some trees on roads. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Creek | - | Ham radio operator reported numerous trees blown down across Oconee County. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Creek | - | Sheriff's department relayed numerous reports of trees and power lines blown down across the county. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Creek | - | County comms reported a tree blown down on Mormon Church Rd (1.5 S Seneca) and another tree down on Back Lash Bay Dr (5.5 SSE). |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Creek | - | Numerous trees were blown down across the county, with damage most concentrated from Westminster to Seneca. The metal roof was blown off a building at a car dealership at highway 123 and highway 130. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battle Creek | - | Trees down across much of the 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longcreek | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Brasstown | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Holly Springs | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Whetstone | 8.3 miles | 20 | |
| Five Points | 8.9 miles | 17 | |
| Horse Shoe (historical) | 9.0 miles | 17 | |
| Madison | 9.1 miles | 17 | |
| Chauga Heights | 9.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244984. 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.







