Briarwood, South Carolina
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Clemson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29631. The Survey maps it on the Clemson quadrangle.
On record in Briarwood
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Old Stone Church and Cemeterylisted 1971 · 0.6 miles away
J.C. Stribling Barnlisted 2001 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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
- 1951 USGS Clemson quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Briarwood between 1992 and 2018, burning about 234 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 | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 June 2016 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 May 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 May 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Briarwood: 6 prospects, 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Garnet. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Garnet Prospect | Garnet | Prospect | ||
| Head Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Mattie Falls Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Morgan Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Robinson Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Ross Morgan Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Calhoun Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Calhoun Placer | Gold | Unknown | Placer | |
| Cochran Placer | Gold | Past Producer | 1908 | |
| Pickens Prospect | Gold | Unknown | Vein |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Heights | 0.3 miles | 19 | |
| Sunny Acres | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Berkeley Forest | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Meadow Brook | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Dellwood | 0.8 miles | 19 | |
| Carolina Hills | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Meadow Rose | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Clemson Gardens | 1.1 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1243263. 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.






