Greenbriar, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Conway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29527. It stands on Altman Branch. The Survey maps it on the Conway quadrangle.
On record in Greenbriar
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
H. W. Ambrose Houselisted 1986 · 0.5 miles away
Conway Residential Historic Districtlisted 2010 · 0.8 miles away
Burroughs Schoollisted 1984 · 0.8 miles away
J. W. Holliday Jr. Houselisted 1986 · 0.9 miles away
W. H. Winborne Houselisted 1986 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1943 USGS Conway quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
355 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 355 fires within 5 miles of Greenbriar between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,557 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 101 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 103 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 102 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 101 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Greenbriar: 3 producers, 3 unknowns, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Limestone, Dimension, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bird Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Wacca Dee Mine | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Wacca-Dee Materials Company Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Alice Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Alice Mine | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Godwin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Godwin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant Number 9 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| West Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Sedimentary |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckwood | 0.2 miles | 9 | |
| Pinewood | 0.4 miles | 9 | |
| Park Hill | 0.6 miles | 9 | |
| Whittemore Park | 0.6 miles | 9 | |
| Huckabee Heights | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| North Conway | 1.1 miles | 9 | |
| Conway | 1.1 miles | 9 | |
| Darden Terrace | 1.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1243756. 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.




