Clovis Point, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Walhalla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29672. It stands on Dodgens Creek. The Survey maps it on the Seneca quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1888 USGS Pickens quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Pickens quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Seneca quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
132 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Clovis Point between 1992 and 2019, burning about 445 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Clovis Point: 5 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Garnet, Talc-Soapstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Garnet Prospect | Garnet | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Talc Prospect | Talc-Soapstone | Prospect | ||
| J B Smith Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| John Dyer Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Keith Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Leroy Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Martin Acres | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| Hampton Shores | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Oxford | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Sunset Shores | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Fairview Shores | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Keowee Haven | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| South Cove | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Fairview | 1.2 miles | 16 |
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 Q122544058 | 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 1242950. 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.






