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Blue Heaven, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Donalds census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29692. It stands on Gibson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ware Shoals West quadrangle.

Blue Heaven within Abbeville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Blue Heaven between 1992 and 2020, burning about 762 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined81
Debris and open burning36
Arson/incendiarism24
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3

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
4 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism18 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Abbeville County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Blue Heaven: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Copper, Iron, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Raysors KilnLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerMetamorphic
Saluda MineCopper, Iron, SilverProspect
Taylor MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Saluda MineCopperPast ProducerStratiform
UnknownCopperPast ProducerStratabound Discordant
Ware Shoals DivisionSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Ware Shoals DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ware Shoals PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wilson Bros. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wilson Brothers Sand Co., IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Abbeville 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
MacArthurs Junction0.9 miles13
Vermillion4.0 miles13
Hammett (historical)4.7 miles13
Donalds5.0 miles13
Foxville Crossroads5.1 miles13
Broadmouth5.2 miles13
Dann (historical)5.2 miles13
Murray (historical)5.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231065. 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.