Brooklyn, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Chesnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29323. The Survey maps it on the Fingerville East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1953 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Cowpens quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Cowpens NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Fingerville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Fingerville East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
161 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Brooklyn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 566 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 22 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 burning | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | North Carolina Forest Service | WHOLE LOTTA LOVE |
| 6 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | North Carolina Forest Service | JUG FIRE |
| 23 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | CHOO CHOO FIRE |
| 2 September 2019 | Other causes | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | JACK MCKENNEY RD |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | GULLY |
| 10 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Carolina Forest Service | STACY RD 2012 |
| 9 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Brooklyn: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tin, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E W. Foster Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Dills Creek Cassiterite Occurrence E Trib | Tin | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Lower East Trib Cassiterite Occurrence of Floyds Creek | Tin | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Richardson Creek Cassiterite Occurrence W Trib | Tin | Occurrence | Placer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brooklyn in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2012: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooklyn | - | Power lines were blown down at Parris Bridge Rd and McSwain Rd. Trees were blown down at Fish Camp Rd and Turkey Farm Rd, and a tree was down at Fish Camp Rd and Parris Bridge Rd. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooklyn | - | Numerous trees were blown down in the area near highway 11 and Ivey Rd. One tree fell on a house. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Brooklyn | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowwood | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Cooley Springs | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Chesnee | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Fingerville | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Little Africa | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Bryants Store (historical) | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Mountain View | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Brown Arrow | 6.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1248135. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









