Dreher Colony, South Carolina
14 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 29605. It stands on Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle.
On record in Dreher Colony
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.
- Brushy Creeklisted 1999 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1935 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
79 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Dreher Colony between 1992 and 2020, burning about 260 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Dreher Colony: 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Thorium, Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Brooks | Iron, Titanium, Thorium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial | |
| Edgcomb Steel--Greenville, S.C. | Iron, Aluminum | Producer | ||
| Vulcan Materials Co. S. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Willimon Mine | Mica, Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Boling Mine | Mica | Past Producer | Pegmatite | |
| Boling Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| R S Berry Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| W F Holloway & J J Brown Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Will Cleveland Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodfield Heights | 0.5 miles | 14 | |
| Woodfields | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Belmont Heights | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| Belle Meade | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Paramount Park | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| The Highlands | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Brookforest Estates | 1.0 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122547262 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1245130. 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.








