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Heatherwood, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Rock Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29732. The Survey maps it on the Rock Hill West quadrangle.

Heatherwood within York County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Heatherwood between 1992 and 2017, burning about 225 acres in total. None 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/undetermined44
Debris and open burning19
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
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
29 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Heatherwood: 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica. 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
Indian Graveyard MineMicaPast Producer
Rock Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownIgneous
Catawba River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Catawba River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fewell Island Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownResidual, Igneous

Every working recorded in York 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
Ebenezer0.5 miles16
Shadowbrook0.5 miles16
Old Point Station0.6 miles16
Fairlawn0.7 miles16
Ragin Estates0.7 miles16
Old Farm0.9 miles16
Beaty Estates0.9 miles16
Swan Meadows0.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1233751. 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.