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Millville, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pauline census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29376. It stands on Johnson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Moore quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Millville within Spartanburg County

On record in Millville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Millville (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 320 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined30
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism8
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
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
15 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2002Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2000Smoking1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spartanburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Millville (historical): 7 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Vermiculite, Kyanite. 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
Alexander Sillimanite ProspectKyaniteUnknownMetamorphic
Barber Sillimanite ProspectKyaniteProspect
Barber Sillimanite ProspectKyaniteUnknownMetamorphic
Foster #3VermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Foster MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Fountain Inn #2 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
L.B. CaseyVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Mason #1 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Mason #2 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Meadows MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion

Every working recorded in Spartanburg 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
Walnut Grove2.5 miles14
Switzer4.4 miles13
Moore4.5 miles14
Crows (historical)4.9 miles12
Woodruff5.0 miles8
Stone Station5.1 miles14
Hobbyville5.5 miles12
Gatewood5.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1782055. 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.