Cotton, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hickory Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29742. The Survey maps it on the Lockhart quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cotton within York County

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.

1907 USGS Sharon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Lockhart quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Cotton (historical) between 1992 and 2017, burning about 486 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 6 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	26
Debris and open burning	15
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Natural	10
Arson/incendiarism	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Smoking	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
29 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
1 August 1999	Natural	5.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
7 July 2012	Natural	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
7 July 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 July 2002	Natural	15 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
31 July 1999	Natural	46 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 July 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
21 July 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cotton (historical): 5 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Chester County Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dickerson Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Sedimentary
Dickerson West Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Sedimentary
Dickerson West Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Sloan Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Sedimentary
Sloan Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Susbybole Creek Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Unconsolidated Sediments
Turkey Creek Mine No.2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Unconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in York 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bullock Creek	1.7 miles	16
Gould (historical)	2.4 miles	16
Borax (historical)	3.1 miles	16
Hoodtown	4.9 miles	16
Beauty Spot (historical)	5.1 miles	16
Hopewell	6.7 miles	16
Blairsville	6.9 miles	15
Sharon	9.3 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1233678. 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.