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River Oaks, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Boiling Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29349. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Inman quadrangle.

River Oaks 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

162 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of River Oaks between 1992 and 2018, burning about 526 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined74
Debris and open burning50
Arson/incendiarism14
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
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
6 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution1.2 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2018Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2007Smokingunder 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 Oaks: 2 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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
Inman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Mcmillan MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
North Pacolet River MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Avery ProspectIronProspect
Senia ProspectIronProspect

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
River Oak Ranchettes1.0 miles15
Brown Arrow1.4 miles15
Luray Hills1.5 miles13
Brannons Store (historical)1.7 miles15
Clark Estates1.9 miles15
Northwood2.3 miles13
Fingerville2.4 miles15
Northgate2.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1248534. 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.