BlockBrookfield East, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29615. It lies near Roper Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Mauldin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1935 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mauldin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Brookfield East between 1992 and 2017, burning about 103 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 June 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Brookfield East: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Thorium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gillard Creek | Iron, Titanium, Thorium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodberry | 0.4 miles | 12 | |
| Brookfield West | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Dove Tree | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Palmetto Downs | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Mountain Brook | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Huntington Acres | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Stoneledge | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Huntington Downs | 1.1 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122541894 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1245420. 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.