BlockBefore

Raintree, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Greenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29649. It stands on Rocky Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ninety Six quadrangle.

Raintree within Greenwood County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

257 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 257 fires within 5 miles of Raintree between 1992 and 2019, burning about 677 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined150
Debris and open burning52
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Natural4
Other causes2
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
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burning4.3 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenwood County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Raintree: 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Granite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Benjamin Granite QuarryStone, DimensionUnknownIgneous
Unidentified Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusive
Greenwood Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownMetamorphic
Wilson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerIgneous Intrusion

Every working recorded in Greenwood 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
Wheatfield0.6 miles15
Aspen Heights1.3 miles15
Country Homes1.4 miles15
Emerald Place1.7 miles15
Coronaca2.0 miles13
Crestview2.1 miles15
Smithfield2.1 miles15
Saluca2.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234209. 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.