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Hillbrook, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Gaffney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29340. It stands on Furnace Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blacksburg South quadrangle.

Hillbrook within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

285 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 285 fires within 5 miles of Hillbrook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 898 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined164
Debris and open burning42
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Arson/incendiarism20
Equipment and vehicle use16
Smoking8
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Other causes1
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
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth 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 83 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 83 workings within 5 miles of Hillbrook: 70 unknowns, 6 past producers, 4 producers, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Clay, 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
Mt Ararat Church OccurrenceKyaniteOccurrence
Silver Mine Ridge Silver MineSilver, LeadUnknown1860
Sullivan-Ballinger FarmsManganeseProspect
Thicketty Creek Monazite Placer Eastern TributaryThorium, REE, Tin, Corundum, GoldUnknown1910, 1911
Unnamed Garnet Occurrence Gl-102GarnetUnknownStratabound
Unnamed Mica Prospect Gl - 052MicaUnknown1931
Upper Cole Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REE, Gold, Corundum, TinUnknown1910, 1911

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
Arrowood0.4 miles16
Dogwood Springs Park0.5 miles16
Glenhaven0.6 miles15
Dogwood Park1.1 miles16
East Gaffney1.2 miles16
Crestmont1.6 miles15
Gaffney1.7 miles16
Briar Creek1.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1228560. 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.