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Mayfield, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Slater-Marietta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29661. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mayfield within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

175 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Mayfield (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 578 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 14 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 burning65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined64
Arson/incendiarism14
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural6
Other causes3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
7 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mayfield (historical): 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica. 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
Caesar's Head MineMicaPast Producer
Hendrix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Hendrix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greenville 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
Marietta3.7 miles15
Slater4.2 miles17
Cleveland4.4 miles15
Lakemont4.4 miles21
Mountain Lake Colony4.6 miles15
Riverview5.2 miles15
Renfrew6.5 miles13
Caesars Head6.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1245229. 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.