BlockOrchard Park, South Carolina
12 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 29615. It lies near Butler Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mauldin quadrangle.
On record in Orchard Park
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Woodside Cotton Mill Village Historic Districtlisted 1987 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1935 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mauldin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Orchard Park between 1993 and 2017, burning about 72 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 June 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Orchard Park: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Thorium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgcomb Steel--Greenville, S.C. | Iron, Aluminum | Producer | ||
| Gillard Creek | Iron, Titanium, Thorium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watson Orchard | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Merrifield Park | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Stratton Place | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Rogers Valley Heights | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hudson Acres | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Mountain Brook | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Timberlake | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Green Fields | 1.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1245556. 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.