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Mitchell, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Highland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29651. The Survey maps it on the Tigerville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mitchell within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Mitchell (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 445 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined35
Debris and open burning27
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Natural1
Fireworks1
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
4 August 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 May 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 May 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 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

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Mitchell (historical): 6 past producers, 4 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Zirconium, 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
Clark-Tyger Sand MineSandUnknownSedimentary
L E Stringer ProspectMicaProspect
Rester MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
TigerVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Tigerville ProspectZirconiumOccurrence
I L Tigert ProspectIronOccurrence
Mills Herren ProspectIronProspect
Stanley Adkins ProspectIronOccurrence
Briggs ProspectGoldUnknownVein
Briggs ProspectGoldProspect

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
Pleasant Hill0.7 miles17
Skyland1.2 miles17
Jordan1.5 miles17
Tyger (historical)2.0 miles15
Lendaw2.2 miles17
Blue Ridge2.3 miles17
Taho (historical)2.4 miles17
Highland3.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1232052. 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.