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River Forest, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Spartanburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29316. It stands on Fawn Branch. The Survey maps it on the Inman quadrangle.

River Forest within Spartanburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

184 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of River Forest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 505 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined91
Debris and open burning39
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
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
6 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of River Forest: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Mcbee PlacerGoldPast Producer1844
Merredith Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Senia ProspectIronProspect
Inman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Inman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Shiloh0.4 miles15
Dodd Hill0.5 miles15
Riverdale0.7 miles15
Willow Wood0.9 miles15
Bondale0.9 miles15
Hickory Hills1.0 miles15
Stone Creek1.2 miles15
North Hill Acres1.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1248532. 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.