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Montague, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Easley East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29640. It lies near Cedar Rock Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Easley quadrangle.

Montague within Pickens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

248 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Montague between 1992 and 2020, burning about 645 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 13 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 burning96
Missing data/not specified/undetermined78
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural8
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickens County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Montague: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, 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
Beverly QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
EasleyTitanium, IronUnknown
Farrs Bridge Road DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pickens 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
Holly Hill1.4 miles16
Burdine Springs1.5 miles16
North Hills2.1 miles16
Canaan Land2.2 miles16
Monte Vista2.3 miles16
Cedar Rock2.3 miles17
Marshall Heights2.6 miles16
Briargate2.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1243449. 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.