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Maud, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Gaffney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29341. The Survey maps it on the Boiling Springs South quadrangle.

Maud within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

209 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Maud between 1992 and 2020, burning about 810 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined79
Debris and open burning56
Arson/incendiarism22
Smoking15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth 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 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Maud: 24 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Thorium, REE, Gold, Tin, Corundum, Tin. 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
Camp Creek Monazite Placer S TributaryREE, Thorium, Tin, Gold, CorundumPast Producer1910, 1911
Cliffside-Elkin Kyn Belt DepositKyaniteOccurrenceMetamorphic
Northern Trib Cherokee Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REE, Corundum, Gold, TinUnknown1910, 1911
Unnamed Gneiss Quarry Gl-107StoneUnknown1900
Upper Cole Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REE, Gold, Corundum, TinUnknown1910, 1911
Ashworth Creek Cassiterite OccurrenceTinUnknownPlacer
Ross Creek Cassiterite Occcurrence (Sw Trib)TinUnknownPlacer
Sarratt Creek Cassiterite OccurrenceTinUnknownPlacer
Headwater Cole Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REE, Gold, Tin, CorundumUnknown1910, 1911
Headwater Irene Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REE, Gold, Tin, CorundumUnknown1910, 1911

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
Cherokee Hills2.7 miles16
Garden Park3.4 miles16
State Line3.6 miles15
Goforth Cross Road (historical)3.7 miles18
Ezell (historical)3.9 miles15
Grassy Pond3.9 miles18
Northgate4.7 miles16
Rutledge Acres5.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1252636. 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.