Sherman Park, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. 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 Valley Falls quadrangle.

Sherman Park within Spartanburg County

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.

1953 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Cowpens quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Valley Falls quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

183 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Sherman Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 466 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined	86
Debris and open burning	41
Misuse of fire by a minor	20
Arson/incendiarism	15
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Smoking	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Fireworks	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Natural	2
Other causes	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
6 September 1997	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2014	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 2011	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2011	Fireworks	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
28 August 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spartanburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sherman Park: 1 unknown, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Iron, Gold, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Mcbee Placer	Gold	Past Producer	1844
North Spartanburg	Titanium, Iron	Unknown	Placer , Modern , Fluvial
Senia Prospect	Iron	Prospect

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Peachtree Gardens	0.1 miles	13
North Hill Acres	0.7 miles	13
Lone Oak	1.1 miles	18
Valley Falls	1.1 miles	13
Stone Creek	1.3 miles	15
Southern Shops	1.3 miles	18
Willow Wood	1.5 miles	15
Quail Ridge	1.5 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1248563. 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.