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Shiloh, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Seneca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29678. The Survey maps it on the Seneca quadrangle.

Shiloh within Oconee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Shiloh between 1992 and 2019, burning about 344 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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
Debris and open burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Fireworks1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2007Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2007Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 1999Natural3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Shiloh: 8 prospects, 3 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Garnet. 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
Unnamed Garnet ProspectGarnetProspect
J B Smith ProspectMicaProspect
John Dyer ProspectMicaProspect
Leroy ProspectMicaProspect
Mattie Falls DepositMicaOccurrence
Morgan ProspectMicaProspect
Parker DepositMicaOccurrence
Ross Morgan ProspectMicaProspect
Calhoun PlacerGoldPast Producer
Cochran MineGoldPast Producer

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
Harbin Acres0.1 miles16
Clemson Forest0.7 miles16
Colonial Place1.0 miles16
Rackley1.0 miles16
Valley View Shores1.1 miles16
Valley View1.2 miles16
Martindale1.3 miles16
Mylintee Estates1.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231799. 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.