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River Pines, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Rock Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29732. The Survey maps it on the Lake Wylie quadrangle.

River Pines within York County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of River Pines between 1992 and 2019, burning about 239 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined54
Debris and open burning37
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
8 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of River Pines: 7 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kyanite, Iron, Gold. 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
Indian Graveyard MineMicaPast Producer
Nanny Mountain MineIronUnknown1760, 1820
Wilson MineGold, SulfurPast Producer
Polkville Sillimanite DepositKyaniteOccurrence
Wards Creek Sillimanite DepositKyaniteOccurrence
Catawba River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Catawba River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fewell Island Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Rea Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Rea Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in York 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
Willow Acres1.2 miles16
Belmont (historical)1.2 miles16
Newport1.6 miles16
Hickory Hill1.6 miles16
Cedar Forest Acres1.6 miles16
Wood Forest1.7 miles16
Woodwind1.9 miles16
Church Hill Heights2.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1233871. 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.