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Mountain Creek, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Starr census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29626. It lies near Little Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Anderson South quadrangle.

Mountain Creek within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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 Mountain Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 295 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Debris and open burning35
Arson/incendiarism13
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Smoking6.1 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2012Natural2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Creek: 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica. 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
J A Jones ProspectMicaProspect
Anderson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1973
Anderson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Big Generostee CreekThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Big Mountain CreekThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownAlluvial Placer
North Rabon CreekThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial

Every working recorded in Anderson 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
Chambert Forest0.8 miles14
Vandale Place1.3 miles14
Indian Trail2.1 miles14
Gluck2.2 miles14
Rucker Court2.3 miles14
Pine Forest2.4 miles14
Varennes Heights2.5 miles14
Cloverdale2.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236839. 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.