Merrittsville, South Carolina

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Tigerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29690. It lies near Mill Knob. The Survey maps it on the Zirconia quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Merrittsville within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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.

1907 USGS Saluda quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1935 USGS Zirconia quadrangle1:24000
1946 USGS Zirconia quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1947 USGS Zirconia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Zirconia quadrangle1:25000
1955 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Tigerville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1959 USGS Zirconia quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Zirconia quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Hendersonville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1997 USGS Zirconia quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Merrittsville (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 497 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/undetermined	46
Debris and open burning	33
Arson/incendiarism	10
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Other causes	3
Natural	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
6 September 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
22 August 2007	Natural	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
11 July 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
7 June 2000	Natural	65 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 June 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	North Carolina Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Merrittsville (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zirconium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Jimmy Mccrary Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
	Pace Zircon Mine	Zirconium	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Wildwood Park (historical)	0.1 miles	28
Chestnut Springs	1.8 miles	28
Terry Creek	2.7 miles	28
Terry (historical)	3.2 miles	17
Cross Plains	3.6 miles	17
Gap Creek	4.6 miles	28
Lima	4.7 miles	17
Glassy	5.2 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1245233. 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.