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Pinecrest, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Anderson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29621. It stands on Beaverdam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Belton West quadrangle.

Pinecrest within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

92 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Pinecrest between 1992 and 2019, burning about 294 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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/undetermined39
Debris and open burning27
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2009Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2000Smoking1.1 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.2 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Pinecrest: 2 prospects, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Titanium, Iron. 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
Beaver CreekTitanium, IronUnknownVein Outcrop Exposure
Broadway MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cliff Webb ProspectMicaProspect
J A Jones ProspectMicaProspect
Tribble QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Cobbs Glen1.0 miles17
Fox Valley1.1 miles17
Long Meadows1.3 miles17
Country Estates1.4 miles17
Keystone Acres1.7 miles17
Hammond1.8 miles17
Dobbins Estates1.8 miles17
Briarcliff1.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1233428. 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.