Chestnut Springs, South Carolina
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Tigerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29690. It stands on Posey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Zirconia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 28 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.
- 1907 USGS Saluda quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1935 USGS Zirconia quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Zirconia quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Zirconia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Zirconia quadrangle1:25000
- 1955 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tigerville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Zirconia quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Zirconia quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Hendersonville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Zirconia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
145 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Chestnut Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 430 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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 | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | not named |
| 20 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Carolina Forest Service | not named |
| 7 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | BARN BURNER FIRE |
| 30 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | KUDZU |
| 19 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Chestnut Springs: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zirconium, Feldspar, Molybdenum, Zirconium, Iron, Titanium, Metal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Mccrary Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lake Summit | Zirconium, Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | ||
| Freeman Zircon Mine | Zirconium, Feldspar | Past Producer | 1869, 1888 | |
| Jones Zircon Mine | Zirconium, Feldspar | Past Producer | 1869 | |
| Molybdenite Occurrence | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Molybdenite Occurrence | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Pace Zircon Mine | Zirconium | Past Producer | ||
| Ztrconia Mine | Zirconium | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwood Park (historical) | 1.6 miles | 28 | |
| Merrittsville (historical) | 1.8 miles | 28 | |
| Terry Creek | 3.9 miles | 28 | |
| Terry (historical) | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Gap Creek | 5.0 miles | 28 | |
| Cross Plains | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Glassy | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Lima | 6.3 miles | 17 |
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 Q122556359 | 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 1231165. 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.













