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O'Neal, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Highland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29651. It stands on Thompson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tigerville quadrangle.

O'Neal within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of O'Neal between 1992 and 2019, burning about 278 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined34
Debris and open burning32
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking2
Natural2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
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
5 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 July 2012Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of O'Neal: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Clark-Tyger Sand MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Rester MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sandy Flat QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Rabun QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sandy Flats QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
I L Tigert ProspectIronOccurrence
Mills Herren ProspectIronProspect
Stanley Adkins ProspectIronOccurrence
Briggs ProspectGoldUnknownVein
Briggs ProspectGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Greenville 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
Milford1.9 miles11
Cannon Hills2.0 miles11
Valley Haven2.5 miles11
Skyland2.6 miles17
Blue Ridge2.7 miles17
Jordan2.9 miles17
Jamestown Estates2.9 miles11
Lendaw2.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1249905. 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.