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Eastatoe, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the North Pickens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29685. It stands on Cane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Salem quadrangle.

Eastatoe within Pickens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Eastatoe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 225 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined32
Debris and open burning17
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
23 September 1999Natural8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2007Natural1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1999Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2008Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2014Fireworks2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickens 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 Eastatoe: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Dimension. 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
Nickville Blue QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Whitewater-Toxaway PlacerGoldUnknownPlacer

Every working recorded in Pickens County

Storms near this place

6 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eastatoe in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 deaths and 2 injuries. 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
July 2019Thunderstorm WindEastatoe2 killed, 2 hurt, $50,000County comms reported strong thunderstorm winds caused a home under construction to collapse on Waterlake Dr, killing two workers, and injuring two others. Several trees and power lines were also blown down in the vicinity.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEastatoe-Public reported several trees blown downed near Lake Keowee and vicinity.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEastatoe-Utility company reported trees and large limbs blown down on power lines on the eastern shores of Lake Keowee north of Highway 11.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindEastatoe-Spotter reported two pine trees blown down on Roy F Jones Rd.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindEastatoe-One tree and multiple large limbs were reportedly blown down just east of Lake Jocassee.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindEastatoe-Trees were down on highway 133 near highway 11, about six miles west southwest of Sunset.

Every storm recorded in Pickens 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
Nine Times3.9 miles16
Nimmons4.2 miles16
Sunset5.7 miles16
Crow Creek7.1 miles16
Prices Store (historical)8.0 miles16
Rocky Bottom8.3 miles20
Midway10.0 miles17
Terrapin Crossroads10.6 miles16

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 Q122552507The 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 1243332. 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.