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Shiloh Estates, South Carolina

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Simpsonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29607. The Survey maps it on the Simpsonville quadrangle.

Shiloh Estates within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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 Shiloh Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 347 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined50
Debris and open burning28
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
3 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Shiloh Estates: 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Iron, Titanium, Thorium, Iron, Thorium, Titanium, Kaolin. 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
Placer Prospect 9-PIron, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Willimon MineMica, KaolinPast Producer
Charles BrooksIron, Titanium, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Gillard CreekIron, Titanium, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Boling MineMicaPast ProducerPegmatite
W F Holloway & J J Brown ProspectsMicaProspect
Will Cleveland ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Greenville 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
Pine Brook Forest0.5 miles10
Cherokee Heights1.9 miles10
Rustic Estates2.0 miles12
Westwood2.1 miles10
Fern Creek2.2 miles12
Brookside2.2 miles12
Adams Mill Estates2.3 miles12
Westwood South2.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1245320. 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.