Pritchard Creek, 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 29625. It stands on Salem Creek. The Survey maps it on the La France quadrangle.

Pritchard Creek 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.

1888 USGS Pickens quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Pickens quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1950 USGS La France quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1951 USGS La France quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Pritchard Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 215 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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
Debris and open burning	27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25
Arson/incendiarism	11
Misuse of fire by a minor	9
Recreation and ceremony	9
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	3
Natural	2
Other causes	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
28 September 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
8 August 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 2019	Arson/incendiarism	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 2011	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
15 August 2016	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
12 August 2008	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
9 July 1999	Natural	18 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pritchard Creek: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	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
Quail Creek	0.5 miles	17
Hidden Lake	0.9 miles	17
Indian Hills	1.2 miles	17
Caravelle Heights	1.3 miles	17
Green Forest	1.4 miles	17
Creekwood	1.5 miles	17
Hunters Trail	1.5 miles	17
Masons Cross Road	1.5 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1233441. 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.