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Dellwood, South Carolina

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29607. The Survey maps it on the Taylors quadrangle.

Dellwood within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Dellwood between 1992 and 2018, burning about 155 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined16
Debris and open burning12
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
4 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dellwood: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Mica. 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
Barnett & Simmons DepositsMicaOccurrence
Edgcomb Steel--Greenville, S.C.Iron, AluminumProducer

Every working recorded in Greenville 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
Liberty Park0.2 miles11
Green Hills0.3 miles11
White Oak0.5 miles11
Lake Forest Heights0.5 miles12
North Side Heights0.6 miles11
Stone Lake Heights0.8 miles11
Forest View0.8 miles11
University Heights0.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231219. 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.