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Blairsville, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hickory Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29742. The Survey maps it on the Sharon quadrangle.

Blairsville within York County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Blairsville between 1992 and 2016, burning about 404 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
23 September 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York 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 Blairsville: 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Copper. 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
Brown MineGold, CopperUnknown1904
Tate MineGoldUnknownVein
Thunderhead ProspectGoldPast Producer
Dickerson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Dickerson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Dickerson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
York County MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in York 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
Sharon2.5 miles15
Hoodtown2.9 miles16
Hopewell4.9 miles16
Borax (historical)5.2 miles16
Bullock Creek5.3 miles16
Sutton Spring (historical)5.5 miles15
Hickory Grove5.8 miles16
Gould (historical)6.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1233609. 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.