Mount View, South Carolina
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tigerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29687. It stands on Mush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tigerville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1907 USGS Saluda quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tigerville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Tigerville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Hendersonville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
111 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Mount View between 1993 and 2020, burning about 366 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Mount View: 4 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zirconium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L E Stringer Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Sandy Flat Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Tiger | Vermiculite | Unknown | Metamorphosed Igneous Intrusion | |
| Tigerville Prospect | Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Rabun Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sandy Flats Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cureton Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Westmoreland Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein Some Placer Work | |
| Westmoreland Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Wild Cat Mine | Gold | Unknown | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locust Hill | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Sandy Flat | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Tigerville | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Taho (historical) | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Blue Ridge | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Lendaw | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Bellvue | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Marydell (historical) | 4.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231569. 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.







