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Powderhorn, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Simpsonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29681. The Survey maps it on the Fountain Inn quadrangle.

Powderhorn within Greenville County

On record in Powderhorn

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Powderhorn between 1992 and 2016, burning about 244 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined34
Debris and open burning18
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Arson/incendiarism15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville 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 Powderhorn: 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Coke Cooper ProspectMicaProspect
Fountain Inn ProspectGoldUnknownVein
Pelham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Greenville 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
Poinsettia0.2 miles8
The Cedars0.5 miles8
Simpsonville0.8 miles10
Brentwood1.3 miles10
Hunters Woods1.5 miles10
Ponderosa1.6 miles14
Westwood1.7 miles10
Bellingham1.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1245291. 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.