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Longcreek, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Easley East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29640. The Survey maps it on the Easley quadrangle.

Longcreek within Pickens 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

188 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Longcreek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 538 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 12 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
Debris and open burning70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking6
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2009Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickens County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Longcreek: 3 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica, 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
EasleyTitanium, IronUnknown
Saluda Lake MineSandUnknownSedimentary
B E Woodson ProspectMicaProspect
C H Ellis ProspectMicaProspect
G F Fuller DepositMicaOccurrence
Farrs Bridge Road DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Greenville MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thomas Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
W.F. Thomas Sand CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pickens 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
Perry Hills0.3 miles16
Heathwood0.5 miles16
Briargate0.7 miles16
Hale1.1 miles16
Lathem1.1 miles16
Springdale1.2 miles16
Elaine Heights1.4 miles16
Chadwick1.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1243428. 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.