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Calico, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pacolet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29302. The Survey maps it on the Pacolet quadrangle.

Calico within Spartanburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Calico between 1992 and 2017, burning about 342 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined50
Debris and open burning23
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2012Natural2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2012Natural3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2008Debris and open burning4.6 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spartanburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Calico: 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. 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
Deaton's Sand PitSandUnknownSedimentary
Hammet Mine, Crocker MineGold, CopperUnknown1818, 1825, 1857
Hammet Grove MineGoldPast ProducerMetamorphic Stratform
Pacolet MillFeldsparPlant
Pacolet MineFeldsparProducer
Pacolet QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerIgneous
Pacolet QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Spartanburg 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
White Stone1.2 miles15
Pacolet1.8 miles15
Maryville2.1 miles15
Central Pacolet2.5 miles13
White Stone Springs (historical)2.6 miles14
Sundance2.7 miles15
Spring Lake2.9 miles15
Pacolet Park2.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1248149. 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.