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Hillsville, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Enoree census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29335. It stands on Hannah Creek. The Survey maps it on the Enoree quadrangle.

Hillsville within Spartanburg County

On record in Hillsville

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

7 surveys from 12 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Hillsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 512 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.2 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2007Natural7.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2019Natural27 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2000Smoking1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth 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

10 of 48 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Hillsville: 28 past producers, 10 producers, 10 unknowns. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Vermiculite. 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
Belk MineVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Brown #1 and #2 MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Brown Mine EastVermiculitePast Producer
Brown Mine WestVermiculitePast Producer
Brown PitVermiculitePast Producer
Canal MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Charles WaldrepVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Davis-Dewitt MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Deshields #1 & #2 MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Deshields #2 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion

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
Enoree0.4 miles12
Waldrop Crossroads2.2 miles12
Kilgore2.6 miles12
Crows (historical)2.9 miles12
Hobbyville3.0 miles12
Evinsville4.4 miles12
Cross Anchor5.9 miles15
Woodruff6.5 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1248322. 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.