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Morningside Heights, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Seneca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29678. It stands on Shiloh Branch. The Survey maps it on the Clemson quadrangle.

Morningside Heights within Oconee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Morningside Heights between 1992 and 2019, burning about 285 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Smoking8
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
22 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2007Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 July 2002Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2008Smoking1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Morningside Heights: 7 prospects, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Garnet. 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
Unnamed Garnet ProspectGarnetProspect
J B Smith ProspectMicaProspect
John Dyer ProspectMicaProspect
Leroy ProspectMicaProspect
Mattie Falls DepositMicaOccurrence
Morgan ProspectMicaProspect
Ross Morgan ProspectMicaProspect
Calhoun PlacerGoldPast Producer
Cochran MineGoldPast Producer
Cochran PlacerGoldPast Producer1908

Every working recorded in Oconee 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
Adams Crossing0.5 miles19
Cherrys Crossing1.2 miles19
Valley View1.2 miles16
Clemson Forest1.5 miles16
Poplar Cove1.5 miles16
Ensenaka (historical)1.6 miles19
Spring Valley1.6 miles16
Mylintee Estates1.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1243058. 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.