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River Edge, 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 Ranson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wellford quadrangle.

River Edge within Spartanburg County

On record in River Edge

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

119 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of River Edge between 1992 and 2019, burning about 375 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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/undetermined70
Debris and open burning19
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Arson/incendiarism7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth 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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spartanburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of River Edge: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tyger RiverThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer-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
Wellington West0.8 miles13
Valley Dale Park0.9 miles13
Pinewood South1.5 miles18
Twin Lakes1.6 miles13
Lake Ridge1.9 miles13
Ashley1.9 miles13
Pine Grove2.0 miles13
Pebblebrook2.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1248531. 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.