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Eastcliff, South Carolina

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Walhalla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29696. It stands on Little Cane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Walhalla quadrangle.

Eastcliff within Oconee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 20 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Eastcliff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 343 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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 burning55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2

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
7 September 2002Debris and open burning8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2019Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2008Natural1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 July 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconee County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Eastcliff: 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica, Talc-Soapstone. 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
Keith DepositMicaOccurrence
Unnamed Talc ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Walhalla QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oconee QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerMetamorphic
Walhalla QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Oconee 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
Springdale0.4 miles20
Burns Mill0.6 miles20
Colonial Heights0.6 miles20
Oakmont0.8 miles20
Crystal Falls0.8 miles20
Fernwood Acres1.2 miles16
Ebenezer1.2 miles20
West Union1.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1242971. 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.