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North Ridge, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Inman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29349. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Inman quadrangle.

North Ridge 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

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of North Ridge between 1992 and 2019, burning about 409 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined50
Debris and open burning49
Arson/incendiarism10
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
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
12 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2007Smokingunder an acreSouth 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

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of North Ridge: 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Feldspar, 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
Mcbee PlacerGoldPast Producer1844
Mcmillan MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Avery ProspectIronProspect
Feldspar/Mica MineFeldspar, MicaPast Producer
Feldspar/Mica MineFeldspar, MicaPast Producer
Inman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Inman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
North Pacolet River MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Senia ProspectIronProspect
South Pacolet RiverSandUnknownSedimentary

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
Tidmans Place0.6 miles15
Woodfin1.1 miles15
Clark Estates1.8 miles15
New Prospect2.2 miles15
Brown Arrow2.6 miles15
Brannons Store (historical)3.0 miles15
River Oak Ranchettes3.0 miles15
Highland Park3.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1248452. 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.