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Glassy, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Highland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29356. It lies near Tillet Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Tigerville quadrangle.

Glassy within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Glassy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 600 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
12 August 2008Recreation and ceremony25 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 May 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 May 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 May 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 May 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 April 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville 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 Glassy: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Zirconium, Mica, Vermiculite. 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
L E Stringer ProspectMicaProspect
TigerVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Tigerville ProspectZirconiumOccurrence
Wild Cat MineGoldUnknownVein
Wild Cat MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greenville 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
Highland2.5 miles17
Tyger (historical)4.4 miles15
Pleasant Hill4.5 miles17
Taho (historical)4.6 miles17
Gowensville4.7 miles15
Tigerville4.8 miles17
Mitchell (historical)4.9 miles17
Merrittsville (historical)5.2 miles28

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 Q122545372The 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 1231320. 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.