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Cooley Springs, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Chesnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29323. The Survey maps it on the Fingerville East quadrangle.

Cooley Springs within Spartanburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

155 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Cooley Springs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 558 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined60
Debris and open burning53
Arson/incendiarism17
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking4
Other causes2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNorth Carolina Forest ServiceJUG FIRE
24 September 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2019Other causesunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceJACK MCKENNEY RD
9 August 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spartanburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cooley Springs: 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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
E W. Foster ProspectMicaProspect
Mcmillan MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
North Pacolet River MineSandUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Spartanburg 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
Brooklyn3.0 miles15
Fingerville3.1 miles15
Arrowwood3.8 miles15
Mountain View3.9 miles13
River Oaks4.1 miles15
Brown Arrow4.3 miles15
Little Africa4.5 miles15
Luray Hills4.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1221734. 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.