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Courtenay, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Seneca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29672. It stands on Cane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Seneca quadrangle.

Courtenay within Oconee County

On record in Courtenay

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

7 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

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Courtenay between 1992 and 2019, burning about 430 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined42
Debris and open burning33
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural1
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
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2007Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2007Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Courtenay: 6 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed Garnet ProspectGarnetProspect
Unnamed Talc ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Calhoun PlacerGoldPast Producer
Pickens ProspectGoldUnknownVein
Sloan PlacerGoldUnknownPlacer
Sloan ProspectGoldOccurrence
J B Smith ProspectMicaProspect
John Dyer ProspectMicaProspect
Keith DepositMicaOccurrence
Leroy ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Oconee County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Courtenay in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Tornado (EF0)Courtenay$10,000NWS storm survey reported a tornado touched down briefly on the western shore of Lake Keowee near High Falls County Park. Multiple trees were uprooted in this area, with one tree on a home on Crowe Dr.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindCourtenay$10,000FD and Highway Patrol reported multiple trees blown down from Lake Keowee to the area around Beacon Ridge Dr west of Clemson. Most of the damage was in this area, where one tree fell on a house.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindCourtenay-Ham radio operator reported several large oak trees blown down.
March 2017HailCourtenay-DOT reported up to quarter size hail at High Falls County Park.
August 2013Flash FloodCourtenay-Urban flash flooding was reported on the east side of Seneca with many low areas filling with water. Water entered one home to a depth of a few inches in this area. also, several trees fell as a result of the heavy rain.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindCourtenay-Trees were down on Biggerstaff Rd and Fairview Church Rd.
August 2008HailCourtenay-Hail was reported near Lake Keowee.

Every storm recorded in Oconee 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
Keowee Shores0.4 miles16
Indian Hills0.5 miles16
Enchanted Hills0.6 miles16
Ridgewood0.7 miles16
Fox Run0.7 miles16
Newry1.0 miles16
Brookwood1.0 miles16
Forest Hills1.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1221777. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.