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Mountaindale, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Central census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29630. The Survey maps it on the Clemson quadrangle.

Mountaindale within Pickens 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

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Mountaindale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 376 acres in total. None 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/undetermined39
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2019Recreation and ceremony30 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth 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

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Mountaindale: 8 prospects, 3 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, 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
Calhoun PlacerGoldPast Producer
Calhoun PlacerGoldUnknownPlacer
Pickens ProspectGoldUnknownVein
Sloan PlacerGoldUnknownPlacer
Sloan ProspectGoldOccurrence
Amos L Honeycutt DepositMicaOccurrence
Head ProspectMicaProspect
J B Smith ProspectMicaProspect
John Dyer ProspectMicaProspect

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
Mountain Estates0.8 miles19
Isaqueena Village1.0 miles19
Cadillac Heights1.1 miles19
Monaco Estates1.2 miles19
Heatherwood1.2 miles19
Eastbriar1.2 miles19
Highland Estates1.5 miles19
Skyview1.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1243463. 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.