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Glenwood Estates, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Blacksburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29702. It lies near Whitaker Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Blacksburg South quadrangle.

Glenwood Estates within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

296 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 296 fires within 5 miles of Glenwood Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 636 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 33 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/undetermined138
Debris and open burning51
Arson/incendiarism33
Equipment and vehicle use22
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Smoking14
Other causes8
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
7 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry CommissionLOVES FIRE
30 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 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 110 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 110 workings within 5 miles of Glenwood Estates: 76 unknowns, 18 past producers, 11 producers, 3 occurrences. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, Manganese, Barium-Barite. 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
Blacksburg PlantSandProducerSedimentary
Dave Byers Manganese PitsManganese, Clay, IronUnknown1900
Gneiss Rock QuarryStoneUnknown1850
M. Carroll Manganese MineFire Clay (Refractory), ManganesePast Producer
Silver Mine Ridge Gold MineGold, CopperUnknown1860
Silver Mine Ridge Silver MineSilver, LeadUnknown1860
Unnamed Garnet Occurrence Gl-102GarnetUnknownStratabound
Unnamed Manganese Pits Fl - 067Manganese, Iron, ClayUnknown1940
Unnamed Pyrite Prospect Fl - 064Sulfur, IronUnknown1931
W A Randall DepositMicaOccurrence

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
Blacksburg0.3 miles15
Easterly Heights1.0 miles15
Cashion Crossroads2.4 miles15
Wilburn (historical)3.6 miles20
Gaston Shoals (historical)4.2 miles16
Cherokee Falls4.3 miles15
Buffalo4.6 miles16
Antioch4.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1228541. 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.