Gowdeysville, South Carolina

14 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 Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wilkinsville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Gowdeysville within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Wilkinsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Gowdeysville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 414 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 8 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	27
Debris and open burning	12
Arson/incendiarism	8
Natural	7
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Smoking	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
20 September 2016	Natural	15 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 August 2002	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 1998	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
24 August 2000	Natural	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
22 August 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
16 August 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
12 August 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 Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gowdeysville (historical): 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Mt. Ararat	Barium-Barite	Unknown	Vein
	Nott Hill Mine	Gold	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Saratt	1.8 miles	14
Hancockville (historical)	3.0 miles	13
Asbury	3.5 miles	13
Grindall (historical)	3.7 miles	13
Etta (historical)	4.5 miles	16
Wilkinsville	4.9 miles	14
Abingdon	7.0 miles	16
Laurelwood	7.2 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1228548. 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.