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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.

Battle Creek within Oconee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 20 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

91 since 1992

Regional 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 burning35
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Smoking1

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
24 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestCOMMUNITY LANE
14 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 1997Fireworksunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsHWY 76
21 July 2015Naturalunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsLITTLE LONG NOSE
21 July 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsSPIDER VALLEY
19 July 2006Arson/incendiarism3.4 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestCAR
26 June 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestBOLLING FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconee County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bruce Doyle & Reedy Burns ProspectsMicaProspect
Cox ProspectGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Henckel MineGoldPast Producer
Henckel MineGoldUnknown1908
Marble ProspectMarble, DimensionProspect
Marble ProspectMarble, DimensionProspect
Marble ProspectMarble, DimensionProspect

Every working recorded in Oconee County

Storms near this place

8 since 2009

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011LightningBattle Creek2 hurtTwo people were injured by a lightning strike on the Chattooga River.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek$5,000EM reported multiple trees blown down on Brasstown Rd, with one tree falling on and damaging a vehicle.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek-County comms reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across Oconee County, with some trees on roads.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek-Ham radio operator reported numerous trees blown down across Oconee County.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek-Sheriff's department relayed numerous reports of trees and power lines blown down across the county.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBattle 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 2009Thunderstorm WindBattle 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 2009Thunderstorm WindBattle Creek-Trees down across much of the county.

Every storm recorded in Oconee 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
Longcreek2.4 miles20
Brasstown2.8 miles17
Holly Springs5.8 miles17
Whetstone8.3 miles20
Five Points8.9 miles17
Horse Shoe (historical)9.0 miles17
Madison9.1 miles17
Chauga Heights9.3 miles17

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.