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Cheohee, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Mountain Rest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29686. It stands on Knox Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tamassee quadrangle.

Cheohee within Oconee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Cheohee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 264 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2

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
7 September 2002Debris and open burning8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Natural5.0 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsDODGE MOUNTAIN
21 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2011Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2008Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 1999Natural3.0 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsKING
4 July 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsWINDING STAIRS
8 June 2002Natural1.0 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsCANTRELL MOUNTAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconee County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cheohee: 3 prospects, 3 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Marble, Dimension, Silver, Clay. 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
Unnamed Clay ProspectClayProspect
(Facility) Unnamed Silver Smelter SiteSilverPlant
Marble ProspectMarble, DimensionProspect
Marble ProspectMarble, DimensionProspect
Unnamed Silver MineSilverPast Producer
Jesse Lay MineGoldUnknownVein
Jesse Lay MineGoldPast Producer
Kuhtman MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oconee 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
Tamassee2.1 miles19
Moody Cove2.4 miles19
Camp Oak3.1 miles20
Flat Shoals3.5 miles20
Salem3.9 miles19
Picket Post5.1 miles20
Boones Creek5.3 miles19
Forest Acres6.5 miles20

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 Q122588397The 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 1231159. 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.