Beersheba, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hickory Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29710. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Filbert quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1906 USGS Kings Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Kings Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Filbert quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Beersheba between 1992 and 2020, burning about 289 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Beersheba: 9 unknowns, 8 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur, Lead, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castles Prospect | Gold, Lead, Silver | Unknown | 1952 | |
| Castles Prospect | Gold, Lead, Silver, Sulfur | Prospect | ||
| Granite Quarry | Granite | Unknown | Intrusive Granite | |
| McKnight Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Smith Mine | Gold, Copper, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Quinn Mine | Gold, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Scoggins Prospect | Gold, Sulfur | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Granite Pluton | |
| Unnamed Granite Quarry Fl-039 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Igneous | |
| Boheler Prospect | Gold | Unknown | Quartz Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filbert | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Zadok (historical) | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Sutton Spring (historical) | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Smyrna | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| York | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Lincoln Estates | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Piedmont Springs | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Bethany | 5.5 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122567380 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1233596. 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.








