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Gluck, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Anderson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29624. The Survey maps it on the Anderson South quadrangle.

Gluck within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Gluck between 1992 and 2020, burning about 259 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined38
Debris and open burning37
Arson/incendiarism14
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Natural1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Smoking6.1 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gluck: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Titanium, Iron, Mica. 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
Beaver CreekTitanium, IronUnknownVein Outcrop Exposure
J A Jones ProspectMicaProspect
Anderson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1973
Anderson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Anderson County

Storms near this place

10 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gluck in 10 storm reports between 2009 and 2021: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2015FloodGluck$500County comms reported some flooding developed across the southern part of the county after more than 3 inches of rain fell in around 36 hours, with much of that falling on the morning of the 2nd. Clinkscales Rd was impassable due to high water near Airline Rd south of Anderson. Sexton Gin Rd was also flooded near Sullivan Rd in Iva, possibly due to water from Wilson Creek.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindGluck-County comms reported multiple trees blown down south of Anderson.
November 2016Thunderstorm WindGluck-Media reported a tree blown down on Hickory Ln and another tree down on Martin Rd.
January 2014Thunderstorm WindGluck-About a half dozen trees were blown down from just southwest of Anderson east toward Belton and north toward the Piedmont area.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindGluck-A tree was blown down on highway 28 just south of highway 108, with another blown down near the intersection of highways 76 and 252.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindGluck-A tree was blown down at the intersection of Mountain Creek Church Rd and highway 29.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindGluck-A tree was blown down near the intersection of Hayes Rd and McKenzie Dr about 5 miles south southeast of Anderson.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindGluck-Several trees were blown down on Elrod Rd about 4.5 miles south southeast of Anderson. Another tree was blown down on Due West Highway 10 miles southeast of town.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindGluck-Trees were blown down on Elrod Rd, about 6 miles south of downtown Anderson.
June 2012HailGluck-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Anderson 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
Meadow Park0.8 miles14
Varennes Heights1.1 miles14
Fernwood1.1 miles14
Calhoun Hills1.2 miles14
Homeland Park1.3 miles14
Christopher Heights1.5 miles14
Green Acres1.6 miles14
Meadow Fields1.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231325. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.