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Love Springs, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Macedonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29330. The Survey maps it on the Cowpens quadrangle.

Love Springs within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

174 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Love Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,017 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined75
Debris and open burning38
Equipment and vehicle use18
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Arson/incendiarism13
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural4
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
28 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2016Debris and open burning15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1998Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2007Naturalunder 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 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Love Springs: 9 unknowns, 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Headwater Irene Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REE, Gold, Tin, CorundumUnknown1910, 1911
Otterson Limestone QuarryStoneUnknown1850
Thicketty Creek Cassiterite OccurrenceTinUnknownPlacer
Thicketty Creek Limestone OccurrenceMarble, DimensionUnknownStratabound
Troy Blanton MineMicaPast Producer
Pacolet River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Pacolet River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 099IronUnknown1850
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospects Gl - 100IronUnknown1850

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
Macedonia1.9 miles14
Thicketty3.3 miles16
Hidden Acres Estates3.6 miles16
Beaverdam3.9 miles16
White Plains4.1 miles13
Midway4.2 miles16
Kings Park4.5 miles16
Rutledge Acres4.8 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122551648The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1706302. 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.