Stuart Heights, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Gaffney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29340. It stands on Providence Branch. The Survey maps it on the Gaffney quadrangle.
On record in Stuart Heights
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Settlemyer Houselisted 1986 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1909 USGS Gaffney quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 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
- 1971 USGS Gaffney quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gastonia quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
231 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Stuart Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 722 acres in total. 3 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 | 133 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 79 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 79 workings within 5 miles of Stuart Heights: 67 unknowns, 6 producers, 5 past producers, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper, Sulfur, Iron | Unknown | 1861 | |
| Cameron Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper | Unknown | 1850 | |
| Draytonville Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | Metamorphosed Beds | |
| Northern Trib Cherokee Creek Monazite Placer | Thorium, REE, Corundum, Gold, Tin | Unknown | 1910, 1911 | |
| Sullivan-Ballinger Farms | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Thicketty Creek Monazite Placer Eastern Tributary | Thorium, REE, Tin, Corundum, Gold | Unknown | 1910, 1911 | |
| Unnamed Garnet Occurrence Gl-102 | Garnet | Unknown | Stratabound | |
| Unnamed Mica Prospect Gl - 052 | Mica | Unknown | 1931 | |
| Upper Cole Creek Monazite Placer | Thorium, REE, Gold, Corundum, Tin | Unknown | 1910, 1911 | |
| Headwater Cole Creek Monazite Placer | Thorium, REE, Gold, Tin, Corundum | Unknown | 1910, 1911 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosehill Park | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Connecticut Park | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| East Gaffney | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Crestmont | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Maplewood | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Forest Lake Homes | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Penn Jones | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Shalimar | 1.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1228661. 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.







