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Mount Zion, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Inman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29303. The Survey maps it on the Wellford quadrangle.

Mount Zion within Spartanburg 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

157 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Mount Zion between 1992 and 2020, burning about 577 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined74
Debris and open burning44
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Fireworks3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spartanburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mount Zion: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Mcbee PlacerGoldPast Producer1844
Merredith Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Spartanburg 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
Fort Prince Farms0.4 miles13
Gary Creek1.0 miles13
Wellford Estates1.0 miles13
Cunningham1.2 miles13
Chestnut Lake2.0 miles15
Pinnacle Heights2.0 miles13
Woodfield2.4 miles13
Jackson Mill2.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1248428. 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.