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Connecticut Park, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Gaffney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29341. It stands on Allison Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gaffney quadrangle.

Connecticut Park within Cherokee County

On record in Connecticut Park

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

219 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of Connecticut Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 702 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined128
Debris and open burning32
Equipment and vehicle use18
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Arson/incendiarism10
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 75 workings within 5 miles of Connecticut Park: 64 unknowns, 6 producers, 5 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Cameron MineSilver, Lead, Copper, Sulfur, IronUnknown1861
Cameron MineSilver, Lead, CopperUnknown1850
Draytonville QuarryStone, DimensionUnknownMetamorphosed Beds
Northern Trib Cherokee Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REE, Corundum, Gold, TinUnknown1910, 1911
Tate Farm Manganese OccurrenceIron, ManganeseUnknown1900
Thicketty Creek Monazite Placer Eastern TributaryThorium, REE, Tin, Corundum, GoldUnknown1910, 1911
Unnamed Garnet Occurrence Gl-102GarnetUnknownStratabound
Unnamed Mica Prospect Gl - 052MicaUnknown1931
Upper Cole Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REE, Gold, Corundum, TinUnknown1910, 1911
Headwater Cole Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REE, Gold, Tin, CorundumUnknown1910, 1911

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Stuart Heights0.6 miles16
Rosehill Park0.8 miles16
Forest Lake Homes1.0 miles16
Penn Jones1.0 miles16
East Gaffney1.0 miles16
Shalimar1.2 miles16
Maplewood1.3 miles15
Crestmont1.3 miles15

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 Q122591838The 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 1228499. 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.