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Goforth Cross Road, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Gaffney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29341. It stands on Sarratt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boiling Springs South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Goforth Cross Road within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

164 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Goforth Cross Road (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 598 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined63
Debris and open burning46
Equipment and vehicle use20
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking11
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 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 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Goforth Cross Road (historical): 28 unknowns, 5 producers, 4 past producers, 3 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Thorium, REE, Tin. 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
Camp Creek Monazite Placer S TributaryREE, Thorium, Tin, Gold, CorundumPast Producer1910, 1911
Northern Trib Cherokee Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REE, Corundum, Gold, TinUnknown1910, 1911
Unnamed Gneiss Quarry Gl-107StoneUnknown1900
Upper Cole Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REE, Gold, Corundum, TinUnknown1910, 1911
Unnamed Corundum Occurrence Gl - 047CorundumOccurrence1910
Unnamed Corundum Occurrence Gl - 048CorundumUnknown1910
Anthony ProspectsMicaProspect
Lail ProspectMicaProspect
Unnamed Mica Prospect Gl - 052MicaUnknown1931
Headwater Cole Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REE, Gold, Tin, CorundumUnknown1910, 1911

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
Grassy Pond1.3 miles18
Garden Park2.6 miles16
Cherokee Hills2.7 miles16
Harmony Hill3.2 miles16
Northgate3.3 miles16
Shalimar3.4 miles16
Maud3.7 miles18
Forest Lake Homes3.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1228542. 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.