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Pinedale Acres, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Spartanburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29306. It stands on Reedy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spartanburg quadrangle.

Pinedale Acres within Spartanburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Pinedale Acres between 1992 and 2019, burning about 248 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined52
Debris and open burning17
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2009Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spartanburg 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 Pinedale Acres: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, 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
Fairforest Creek Sand MineSandUnknownSedimentary
North SpartanburgTitanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial

Every working recorded in Spartanburg 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
Canaan0.8 miles18
Sherwood Acres1.3 miles18
Arkwright1.5 miles18
South Meadows Farms1.5 miles18
Woodwind1.5 miles18
Raynell1.6 miles18
Evans Acres1.7 miles18
Windsor Forest1.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1248499. 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.