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North Pacolet, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fingerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29322. The Survey maps it on the Fingerville West quadrangle.

North Pacolet within Spartanburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of North Pacolet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 449 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 burning61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution1.2 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2018Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2005Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2007Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of North Pacolet: 4 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Feldspar, Sand, 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
Mcmillan MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Feldspar/Mica MineFeldspar, MicaPast Producer
Feldspar/Mica MineFeldspar, MicaPast Producer
Feldspar/Mica MineFeldspar, MicaPast Producer
North Pacolet River MineSandUnknownSedimentary
North Pacolet SandSandUnknownSedimentary
South Pacolet RiverSandUnknownSedimentary
E W. Foster ProspectMicaProspect

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
Obed (historical)1.0 miles15
Bryants Store (historical)2.8 miles15
Little Africa3.1 miles15
New Prospect3.2 miles15
Woodfin3.7 miles15
Tidmans Place3.8 miles15
North Ridge4.2 miles15
Five Oaks4.4 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122546867The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231601. 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.