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Hillcrest, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Spartanburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29307. It stands on Chinquapin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spartanburg quadrangle.

Hillcrest within Spartanburg County

On record in Hillcrest

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Hillcrest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 405 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined53
Debris and open burning22
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
16 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1998Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spartanburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hillcrest: 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Iron, Sand. 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
Chapman Sand Plant #6 (Converse)SandUnknownSedimentary
North SpartanburgTitanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Pacolet River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Pacolet River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Spartanburg 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
Fernwood Farms0.3 miles18
Drayton0.6 miles18
Hillbrook Forest1.1 miles18
Lawson1.2 miles18
Fairview Heights1.4 miles18
Farmfields1.4 miles18
Montgomery Acres1.5 miles18
Converse Heights1.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231389. 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.