Denny, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Saluda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29138. It stands on Persimmon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Denny quadrangle.
On record in Denny
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.
Butler Family Cemeterylisted 1974 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 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
- 1971 USGS Denny quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Denny between 1992 and 2020, burning about 338 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Denny: 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Nickel, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cromley Mine | Mica | Past Producer | Pegmatite (?) | |
| Culbreath Mine | Gold, Nickel, Copper | Unknown | 1908 | |
| Culbreath Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Yarborough Mine | Gold | Past Producer | 1908 | |
| Yarborough Mine | Gold | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Grove | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Merchant (historical) | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Colemans Crossroads | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Higgins | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Willing | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Bleases Crossroads | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Corinth (historical) | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Saluda | 5.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1247522. 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.






