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Overbrook, South Carolina

14 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 29607. It stands on Richland Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle.

Overbrook within Greenville County

On record in Overbrook

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 7 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Overbrook between 1992 and 2018, burning about 233 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
25 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2009Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Overbrook: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Iron, Aluminum. 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
Boling MineMicaPast Producer
Edgcomb Steel--Greenville, S.C.Iron, AluminumProducer

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
Isaqueena Park0.3 miles12
Elleston Acres0.5 miles12
Kendall Green0.6 miles12
North Hills0.7 miles14
University Heights0.8 miles12
Woodland Homes0.9 miles12
Boyce Lawn0.9 miles14
College Heights0.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1250000. 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.