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Goucher, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Saratt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29340. It stands on Gum Root Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pacolet Mills quadrangle.

Goucher within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

177 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Goucher between 1992 and 2019, burning about 795 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined87
Debris and open burning39
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2016Natural15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1997Smoking2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 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 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Goucher: 14 unknowns, 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Iron, Manganese, Marble, Dimension. 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
Cameron MineSilver, Lead, Copper, Sulfur, IronUnknown1861
Cameron MineSilver, Lead, CopperUnknown1850
Cherokee County PegTantalum, Niobium (Columbium)Unknown
Otterson Limestone QuarryStoneUnknown1850
Sullivan-Ballinger FarmsManganeseProspect
Thicketty Creek Cassiterite OccurrenceTinUnknownPlacer
Thicketty Creek Limestone OccurrenceMarble, DimensionUnknownStratabound
Troy Blanton MineMicaPast Producer
Unnamed Furnace Rock Quarries Gl - 028Stone, DimensionUnknown1865
Ballinger Farm Manganese OccurrenceIron, ManganeseUnknown1900

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
White Plains2.3 miles13
Thicketty2.8 miles16
Hidden Acres Estates3.8 miles16
Beaverdam4.1 miles16
Kings Park4.2 miles16
Laurelwood4.6 miles15
York Hills4.7 miles16
Brookwood Estates4.8 miles16

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 Q122563399The 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 1222784. 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.