BlockPoplar Springs, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Fairmont Mills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29369. It stands on Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Reidville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1935 USGS Greer quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Greer quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Reidville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
98 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Poplar Springs between 1992 and 2018, burning about 304 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 52 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Poplar Springs: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyger River | Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium | Unknown | Placer-Modern-Fluvial |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Oaks | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Greenridge | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Grove | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Twin Lakes | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pinebrook | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Reidville Acres | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Brookhaven | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Valley Dale Park | 2.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231679. 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.