BlockHarbor Side, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lexington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29072. It stands on Eighteenmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Murray East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1904 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 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
- 1971 USGS Lake Murray East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
145 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Harbor Side between 1992 and 2017, burning about 165 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined | 58 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Harbor Side: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | Igneous |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lands End | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Providence | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Murray Forest | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Rollingwood | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Town and Country | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Hollywood Point | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Peters | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lakeland | 3.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244197. 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.