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Laurelwood, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Boiling Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29316. The Survey maps it on the Valley Falls quadrangle.

Laurelwood within Spartanburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

167 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Laurelwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 492 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined86
Debris and open burning38
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural2
Other causes2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
6 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2001Debris and open burning2.0 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Laurelwood: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Senia ProspectIronProspect

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
Mason Estates0.2 miles13
Twin Creek1.0 miles13
Carlisle1.0 miles13
Panorama Estates1.1 miles13
Rainbow Park1.1 miles13
Springlake1.3 miles13
Northgate1.4 miles13
Boiling Springs1.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1248361. 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.