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Brasstown, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Long Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29693. It lies near Piney Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Holly Springs quadrangle.

Brasstown within Oconee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Brasstown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,798 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 30 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 burning38
Arson/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Other causes1
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
4 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1999Natural1.0 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsCIRCLING PLANE
21 August 1999Natural20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2015Naturalunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsLITTLE LONG NOSE
21 July 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsSPIDER VALLEY
26 June 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsF150

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconee 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 Brasstown: 5 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension, Gold, Mica. 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
Bruce Doyle & Reedy Burns ProspectsMicaProspect
Cox ProspectGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Henckel MineGoldPast Producer
Marble ProspectMarble, DimensionProspect
Marble ProspectMarble, DimensionProspect
Marble ProspectMarble, DimensionProspect
Marble ProspectMarble, DimensionProspect

Every working recorded in Oconee 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
Longcreek2.3 miles20
Battle Creek2.8 miles20
Holly Springs3.4 miles17
Five Points6.1 miles17
Horse Shoe (historical)6.9 miles17
Chauga Heights7.0 miles17
Whetstone7.1 miles20
Harbin (historical)7.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231080. 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.