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Oak Hollow, South Carolina

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29609. It lies near Brissey Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Taylors quadrangle.

Oak Hollow within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hollow between 1992 and 2019, burning about 236 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined28
Debris and open burning22
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Smoking1

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 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Oak Hollow: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Mica, 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
Barnett & Simmons DepositsMicaOccurrence
Sandy Flat QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Rabun QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sandy Flats QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Westmoreland MineGoldPast ProducerVein Some Placer Work
Westmoreland MineGoldPast Producer

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
Sylvan Hills0.8 miles11
Pebble Creek1.6 miles11
Pinehaven Acres1.9 miles11
Creekside Villas2.0 miles11
Dell Vista Heights2.1 miles11
Bellwood Estates2.2 miles11
Little Texas2.3 miles13
Piedmont Park2.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1245263. 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.