South Point, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Clover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29710. It stands on Crowders Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Wylie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1947 USGS Clover quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Clover quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Lake Wylie quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Lake Wylie quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Lake Wylie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
120 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of South Point between 1992 and 2019, burning about 206 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Carolina Forest Service | LUNCH |
| 22 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | BUCKIE CT |
| 12 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of South Point: 16 unknowns, 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Kyanite, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnett Mine | Gold, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Jingles Mine | Gold, Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Beaver Dam Creek Brook Corundum Prospect | Corundum | Unknown | 1900 | |
| Clawson Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Nanny Mountain Mine | Iron | Unknown | 1760, 1820 | |
| Rickard Mine | Corundum | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Casar Sillimanite Deposits | Kyanite | Occurrence | ||
| Polkville Sillimanite Deposit | Kyanite | Occurrence | ||
| Wards Creek Sillimanite Deposit | Kyanite | Occurrence | ||
| Barnett Mine | Gold | Unknown | 1910 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Point | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| Catawba Ridge | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Oakwood | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Fairway Bridge | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| River Hills Plantation | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Hollyberry Woods | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Timber Ridge | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Heritage Woods | 1.1 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1233919. 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.










