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Dogwood Acres, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Greer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29651. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greer quadrangle.

Dogwood Acres within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Dogwood Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 216 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined35
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
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
1 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 June 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dogwood Acres: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rester MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Barnett & Simmons DepositsMicaOccurrence
H L Shelton DepositMicaOccurrence

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
Holiday Hills0.8 miles14
Mount Vernon Estates0.9 miles11
Jamestown Estates1.0 miles11
Burgiss Hills1.0 miles11
Valley Haven1.2 miles11
Forest Hills1.4 miles14
Fairview1.4 miles11
Kings (historical)1.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231984. 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.