Spring Lake, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Spartanburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29302. It stands on Fourmile Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pacolet quadrangle.

Spring Lake within Spartanburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1947 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:62500
1949 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Pacolet quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Spring Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 440 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was 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	49
Debris and open burning	23
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Smoking	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Natural	3
Fireworks	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
9 July 2012	Natural	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
8 July 2012	Natural	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 July 2008	Debris and open burning	4.6 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 July 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
25 July 2011	Fireworks	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
21 July 2008	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
14 July 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
11 July 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Spring Lake: 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. 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
Hammet Mine, Crocker Mine	Gold, Copper	Unknown	1818, 1825, 1857
Pacolet Mill	Feldspar	Plant
Deaton's Sand Pit	Sand	Unknown	Sedimentary
Fairforest Creek Sand Mine	Sand	Unknown	Sedimentary
Hammet Grove Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Metamorphic Stratform
Pacolet Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer	Igneous
Pacolet Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

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
Calhoun Lake	0.3 miles	15
Sundance	0.3 miles	15
Quail Hollow	0.7 miles	15
Oak Creek	0.8 miles	15
Glendale	1.1 miles	15
Rosewood	1.3 miles	15
Country Club Estates	1.3 miles	15
Ponderosa Gardens	1.3 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1248607. 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.