Black Gate, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cross Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29332. The Survey maps it on the Cross Hill quadrangle.

Black Gate within Laurens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Cross Hill quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

132 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Black Gate between 1992 and 2020, burning about 449 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 19 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	54
Debris and open burning	28
Arson/incendiarism	19
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Smoking	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Natural	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	4

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
9 September 1997	Smoking	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.2 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1998	Natural	40 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1999	Debris and open burning	100 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurens County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Black Gate: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Vermiculite. 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
	Kenneth Hanna Mine	Vermiculite	Producer	Metamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
	Pinson #2 Mine	Vermiculite	Past Producer	Metamorphosed Igneous Intrusion

Every working recorded in Laurens 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Greenwood	0.8 miles	12
Pine Land Shores	1.4 miles	13
Spring Grove (historical)	2.6 miles	12
Anglers Haven	2.8 miles	12
Cross Hill	3.7 miles	12
Harris Springs	6.0 miles	13
White Plains Crossroad	6.2 miles	12
Mountville	7.8 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234757. 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.