Oldtown, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chappells census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29145. The Survey maps it on the Chappells quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Oldtown within Newberry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Chappells quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Oldtown (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 192 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined	24
Debris and open burning	11
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Natural	5
Arson/incendiarism	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Other causes	2
Recreation and ceremony	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	1.1 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
2 August 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
12 August 1998	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
8 July 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newberry County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Oldtown (historical): 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Abney Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary Clay
Topelo Mines	Clay	Producer
Tupelo Mine	Clay	Unknown

Every working recorded in Newberry 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Chappells	4.5 miles	12
Silverstreet	4.7 miles	12
Deadfall Crossroads	4.7 miles	12
Trinity	5.8 miles	12
Scurry	6.0 miles	12
Longshore	7.2 miles	13
Spearman (historical)	7.3 miles	12
Smyrna	7.9 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1251629. 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.