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Briarcliff, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Aiken census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29803. The Survey maps it on the Graniteville quadrangle.

Briarcliff within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

431 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 431 fires within 5 miles of Briarcliff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,933 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 73 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/undetermined131
Debris and open burning106
Arson/incendiarism73
Misuse of fire by a minor69
Natural20
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking6
Other causes5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2

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
9 September 2008Natural2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1999Natural3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Briarcliff: 15 past producers, 8 producers, 4 unknowns. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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
Unidentified MineStone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous Intrusive
Gene Williams Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unidentified MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Aiken MineKaolinProducer
Barden MineKaolinUnknown
Langley MineKaolinProducer
Rodgers-Younce MineKaolinUnknown
Aiken County Pit EastClayPast Producer
Aiken County Pit WestClayPast Producer
Chicora Kaolin MineClayProducerSedimentary Kaolin

Every working recorded in Aiken 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
Deerwood0.6 miles19
Southwood0.6 miles19
Huntcliff0.8 miles19
Foxchase1.0 miles19
Cardinal Park1.0 miles18
Gem Lake Estates1.1 miles18
Pineview Acres1.3 miles19
Silver Bluff Estates1.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236250. 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.