Clifton Station, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cowpens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29307. It stands on Cinder Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pacolet quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Pacolet quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
125 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Clifton Station between 1992 and 2020, burning about 690 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 63 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Clifton Station: 6 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammet Mine, Crocker Mine | Gold, Copper | Unknown | 1818, 1825, 1857 | |
| Thicketty Creek Cassiterite Occurrence | Tin | Unknown | Placer | |
| Chapman Sand Plant #6 (Converse) | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Deaton's Sand Pit | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Pacolet River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Pacolet River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hammet Grove Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Metamorphic Stratform | |
| Hammet Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Love Springs Mine | Gold | Unknown | 1908 | |
| Love Springs Mine | Gold | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Converse | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Cherry Hill | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Clifton | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Southern Pines | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cowpens | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Cannons Camp Ground | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Cinder Creek | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Riverview Park | 2.5 miles | 14 |
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 Q122595940 | 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 1231179. 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.








