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Bellvue, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Travelers Rest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29690. The Survey maps it on the Slater quadrangle.

Bellvue within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Bellvue between 1992 and 2020, burning about 375 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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 burning57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2015Natural1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth 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 Bellvue: 3 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
L E Stringer ProspectMicaProspect
Sandy Flat QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Unnamed Crushed Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, GraniteUnknownMetamorphic
Rabun QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sandy Flats QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cureton MineGoldPast Producer
Westmoreland MineGoldPast ProducerVein Some Placer Work
Westmoreland MineGoldPast Producer

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
Locust Hill1.8 miles17
Brookgreen2.0 miles13
Sunny Slopes2.6 miles13
Little Texas2.9 miles13
Points North3.0 miles13
Renfrew3.1 miles13
Travelers Rest3.2 miles13
Marydell (historical)3.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1251655. 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.