Moffitsville, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Iva census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29655. It stands on East Prong Little Generostee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Iva quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Elberton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Iva quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
125 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Moffitsville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 523 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 11 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 burning | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Moffitsville: 9 prospects, 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooley Mine | Mica, Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Bell Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Ben Martin Mine | Mica | Past Producer | 1944 | |
| Ben Martin Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Fretwell South Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Fretwell South Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| J H Craft Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| J M Skelton Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Keown Mine | Mica | Prospect | ||
| McKee Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnes Station | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Iva | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Starr | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Deans | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Storeville (historical) | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Holland Store | 8.7 miles | 15 | |
| Flat Rock | 9.8 miles | 14 | |
| Allendale | 10.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236825. 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.




