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Montague, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29617. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paris Mountain quadrangle.

Montague within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Montague between 1992 and 2018, burning about 492 acres in total. 2 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 burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking4
Natural2

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
3 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2009Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Montague: 4 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica, Sand, Iron. 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
C H Ellis ProspectMicaProspect
Edgcomb Steel--Greenville, S.C.Iron, AluminumProducer
Saluda Lake MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Greenville MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thomas Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
W.F. Thomas Sand CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Zupan Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Zupan Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Greenville County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montague in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2016HailMontague-Public reported dime to nickel size hail across the north side of Greenville.
April 2015HailMontague-Public reported quarter size hail in Paris Mountain State Park.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMontague-Trees were blown down at Duncan Chapel Rd and Montague Circle, Lions Club Rd near Lily St and on West Parker Rd at Lakeview Ct.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMontague-A tree was blown down on Roe Ford Rd.

Every storm 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
Mountain Shadows0.6 miles13
Northwood Hills0.8 miles13
Starsdale Manor1.0 miles13
Western Hills1.1 miles13
Sharon Park1.1 miles13
Pinehurst1.1 miles13
Richmond Hills1.2 miles13
Berea Forest1.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231554. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.