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Russell, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mountain Rest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29664. It stands on Russell Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Satolah quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Russell within Oconee County

On record in Russell

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

7 surveys from 18 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

81 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Russell (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,389 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 30 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
Arson/incendiarism30
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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 1998Natural5.0 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsDODGE MOUNTAIN
21 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2019Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsDOUBLE SPRINGS
17 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use12 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestJOE BLECKLEY
1 September 2007Natural8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2002Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestHOLDEN BRANCH #1
4 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestHOLDEN BRANCH #2
31 August 1999Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsWHITE HOUSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Russell (historical): 12 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Asbestos, Olivine, Vermiculite, Asbestos, Magnesite. 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
Laurel Creek Olivine DepositOlivine, Vermiculite, AsbestosProducerMafic Intrusive
Laurel Creek Olivine DepositMagnesite, Asbestos, VermiculiteOccurrence
Chattooga River ProspectAsbestosPast Producer
Hicks Asbestos MineAsbestosPast Producer
Nicholson MineAsbestosPast Producer
Reid MineAsbestosPast Producer
H.W. Bartley PropertyGoldOccurrence
Hamby MineGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Hamby MineGoldPast Producer
Hedden Placer MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Oconee 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
Long Bottom Ford1.0 miles18
Whetstone4.8 miles20
Moody Cove5.6 miles19
Cheohee6.6 miles19
Camp Oak8.1 miles20
Tamassee8.4 miles19
Picket Post8.6 miles20
Flat Shoals9.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1243134. 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.