Pine Forest, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Anderson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29626. It stands on Threemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Anderson South quadrangle.

Pine Forest within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1893 USGS Elberton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Anderson South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Pine Forest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 234 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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	34
Debris and open burning	31
Arson/incendiarism	13
Misuse of fire by a minor	12
Recreation and ceremony	6
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	2
Fireworks	1
Other causes	1
Natural	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 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2010	Smoking	6.1 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
22 August 2008	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
16 August 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
14 August 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson 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 Pine Forest: 1 unknown, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica. 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
J A Jones Prospect	Mica	Prospect
North Rabon Creek	Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium	Unknown	Placer-Modern-Fluvial
Unnamed Crushed Stone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer	Granite Pluton

Every working recorded in Anderson 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
Rucker Court	0.8 miles	14
Indian Trail	0.9 miles	14
Cloverdale	1.1 miles	14
Vandale Place	1.3 miles	14
Greenbriar	1.5 miles	14
Fieldcrest Acres	1.9 miles	17
Dickerson Acres	2.0 miles	17
Beverly Hills	2.1 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1251730. 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.