Flat Rock, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lockhart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29353. It stands on Peter Hawk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kelton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Flat Rock within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Kelton quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Flat Rock (historical) between 1992 and 2016, burning about 548 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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	57
Debris and open burning	35
Arson/incendiarism	7
Natural	6
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Smoking	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
6 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1997	Smoking	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
8 August 2006	Natural	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
6 August 2016	Smoking	4.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 August 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union 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 Flat Rock (historical): 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Gold. 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
	No. 1 Mine	Clay	Producer
	Nott Hill Mine	Gold	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Union 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Kelton	2.1 miles	12
Kelly	3.4 miles	12
Humphriesville (historical)	4.2 miles	12
Lockhart Junction	4.2 miles	12
Pine Tree (historical)	4.8 miles	12
Bailey Town (historical)	4.8 miles	12
Jonesville	4.9 miles	12
Simmon Tree (historical)	4.9 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1232889. 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.