Glendale, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Greenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29649. It stands on Sample Branch. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle.

Glendale within Greenwood County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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.

1892 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1949 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:24000
1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

312 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 312 fires within 5 miles of Glendale between 1992 and 2019, burning about 691 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 13 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	201
Debris and open burning	54
Misuse of fire by a minor	19
Arson/incendiarism	13
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Smoking	9
Natural	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Other causes	2

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
8 September 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2011	Debris and open burning	4.3 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1993	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 Greenwood 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 Glendale: 2 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Aluminum, Kaolin, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Benjamin Granite Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Unknown	Igneous
Mrs. Mary Robinson Property	Aluminum, Kaolin	Prospect
Unidentified Granite Quarry	Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer	Metamorphosed Igneous Intrusive
Greenwood Granite Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown	Metamorphic
Wilson Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer	Igneous Intrusion

Every working recorded in Greenwood 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
Rock Creek	0.4 miles	15
Windtree	0.6 miles	15
Belle Meade	0.7 miles	15
Avondale	0.7 miles	15
Stalnaker Heights	0.8 miles	15
Crestview	0.9 miles	15
Pine Grove Hills	0.9 miles	15
Cherokee Hills	1.1 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234119. 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.