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Cannon Hills, South Carolina

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Highland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29651. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Taylors quadrangle.

Cannon Hills within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Cannon Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 262 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined35
Debris and open burning19
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 June 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Cannon Hills: 4 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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
Clark-Tyger Sand MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Rester MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
I L Tigert ProspectIronOccurrence
Mills Herren ProspectIronProspect
Stanley Adkins ProspectIronOccurrence
Briggs ProspectGoldUnknownVein
Briggs ProspectGoldProspect
Cureton MineGoldPast Producer1908
Mcbee PlacerGoldPast Producer
Wolf & Tyger PlacerGoldUnknownPlacer

Every working recorded in Greenville 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
Valley Haven1.0 miles11
Holiday Hills1.2 miles14
Jamestown Estates1.5 miles11
Milford1.7 miles11
Dogwood Acres1.9 miles14
O'Neal2.0 miles17
Forest Hills2.6 miles14
Mount Vernon Estates2.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231970. 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.