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Oconee Point, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Seneca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29678. The Survey maps it on the La France quadrangle.

Oconee Point within Oconee 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Oconee Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 187 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
23 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2011Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2011Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2006Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconee 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 Oconee Point: 2 unknowns, 2 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Cochran MineGoldPast Producer
Cochran PlacerGoldPast Producer1908
Pickens ProspectGoldUnknownVein
Pickens ProspectGoldProspect
Sitton ProspectGoldUnknownVein
Sitton ProspectGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Oconee 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
Friendship Shores1.7 miles17
Tokeena Point2.2 miles17
Timberlake2.7 miles17
Caballin Springs2.7 miles17
Seven Oaks2.8 miles17
Poplar Cove3.1 miles16
Friendship3.3 miles16
Greenbriar3.6 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 Q122545113The 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 1243090. 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.