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Etta, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gaffney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29340. It stands on Gilkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hickory Grove quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Etta within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Etta (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 401 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2002Natural15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Etta (historical): 7 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Kyanite, Barium-Barite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brown MineGold, CopperPast Producer
Magnolia MineGold, Copper, SulfurPast Producer
Mt. AraratBarium-BariteUnknownVein
Mullis MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Worth Mountain Kyanite ProspectKyaniteUnknownMetamorphic
Worth Mtn OccurrenceKyaniteOccurrence
Arrowwood MineGoldUnknownVein
Cal Parker ProspectGoldProspect
Dorothy MineGoldPast Producer
Flint Hill MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Saratt3.5 miles14
Wilkinsville3.7 miles14
Abingdon4.4 miles16
Gowdeysville (historical)4.5 miles14
Smith Ford4.7 miles16
Mercer (historical)6.8 miles15
Hancockville (historical)7.3 miles13
Asbury7.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1228520. 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.