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Belaire Estates, South Carolina

14 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 29611. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle.

Belaire Estates within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

109 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Belaire Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 438 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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/undetermined44
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism18
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking3
Other causes2

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
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2009Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Belaire Estates: 4 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Aluminum. 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
Edgcomb Steel--Greenville, S.C.Iron, AluminumProducer
Vulcan Materials Co. S. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
B E Woodson ProspectMicaProspect
Boling MineMicaPast Producer
G F Fuller DepositMicaOccurrence
R S Berry ProspectMicaProspect
W F Holloway & J J Brown ProspectsMicaProspect
Will Cleveland ProspectMicaProspect

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Elizabeth Heights0.3 miles14
Oxford Acres0.6 miles14
Supreme Forest0.8 miles14
Staunton Heights0.9 miles14
Gantt1.3 miles14
Lakeside1.3 miles14
Carolina Heights1.4 miles14
Cutler Ridge1.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1245406. 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.