Briarcliff, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Anderson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29621. It stands on Cox Creek. The Survey maps it on the Belton West quadrangle.

Briarcliff within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1888 USGS Pickens quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Pickens quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Anderson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Belton West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Briarcliff between 1992 and 2019, burning about 278 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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	33
Debris and open burning	24
Arson/incendiarism	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Recreation and ceremony	6
Smoking	5
Other causes	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3

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
6 September 2009	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2007	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2010	Smoking	6.1 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
14 August 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
1 August 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
9 July 2000	Smoking	1.1 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 July 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Briarcliff: 3 prospects, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Titanium, Iron, Gemstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Beaver Creek	Titanium, Iron	Unknown	Vein Outcrop Exposure
Mcconnell Prospect	Mica, Gemstone	Prospect
Broadway Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Tribble Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer	Metamorphic
Cliff Webb Prospect	Mica	Prospect
J A Jones Prospect	Mica	Prospect

Every working recorded in Anderson 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
Keystone Acres	0.3 miles	17
Dobbins Estates	0.5 miles	17
Highland Acres	0.6 miles	17
Country Estates	0.6 miles	17
Colony Hill	0.7 miles	17
Woodbridge	0.8 miles	17
Williamsburg Manor	0.9 miles	17
Fox Valley	1.0 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1233192. 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.