BlockBefore

Peppertree, South Carolina

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Taylors census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29687. It stands on Mountain Creek. The Survey maps it on the Taylors quadrangle.

Peppertree within Greenville County

On record in Peppertree

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.

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

52 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Peppertree between 1993 and 2019, burning about 190 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined21
Debris and open burning13
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use4
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
31 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Peppertree: 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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

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
Edwards Forest Heights0.7 miles11
Old Mill Estates0.8 miles11
Seven Oaks1.0 miles11
Bellwood Estates1.1 miles11
Pebble Creek1.2 miles11
Brookwood Forest1.3 miles11
Pinehaven Acres1.4 miles11
Nursery (historical)1.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1245332. 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.