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Slater, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Slater-Marietta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29661. It stands on Talley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Slater quadrangle. It stands 1,024 feet above sea level.

Slater within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

177 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Slater between 1992 and 2020, burning about 661 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 18 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 burning64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural4
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
26 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2017Debris and open burning65 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Slater: 2 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Crushed Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, GraniteUnknownMetamorphic
Unnamed Crushed Stone QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerMetamorphic
Hendrix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Hendrix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greenville County

Storms near this place

7 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Slater in 7 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSlater-Fire dept reported multiple trees blown down on roads in the Slater-Marietta area.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSlater-Fire dept and highway patrol reported multiple trees and some power lines blown down from just east of Slater-Marietta, through Tigerville, to the Lake Robinson area.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindSlater-Public reported multiple trees blown down in the Marietta area.
June 2014HailSlater-Spotter reported nickel size hail near Marietta.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindSlater-Two trees were blown down near Edwards Rd and Talley Bridge Rd.
July 2003Heavy RainSlater-Heavy rainfall resulted in minor flooding, mainly of ditches and a few roads.
August 2009HailSlater-no account filed

Every storm 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
Marietta0.8 miles15
Cleveland3.3 miles15
Marydell (historical)3.9 miles17
Sunny Slopes4.0 miles13
Renfrew4.0 miles13
Mayfield (historical)4.2 miles15
Bellvue4.5 miles17
Lima4.7 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q136148123The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1250927. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.