Piercetown, South Carolina
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Williamston-Pelzer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29697. The Survey maps it on the Piercetown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1888 USGS Pickens quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Pickens quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Anderson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Piercetown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
90 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Piercetown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 278 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.8 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Piercetown: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Burgess Mine | Mica | Past Producer | 1889, 1944 | |
| Burgess Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| D J Tucker Deposit | Mica | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Plains | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Windward Trail | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Five Forks | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Beaver Creek | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| White Oaks | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Hampton Acres | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Devonshire | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| North Forks | 5.5 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231651. 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.







