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Sundance, South Carolina

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

Sundance 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.

Fires near this place

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Sundance between 1992 and 2017, burning about 393 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None 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/undetermined46
Debris and open burning21
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 July 2012Natural2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2012Natural3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2008Debris and open burning4.6 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 2011Fireworksunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 July 2002Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot 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 Sundance: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hammet Mine, Crocker MineGold, CopperUnknown1818, 1825, 1857
Pacolet MillFeldsparPlant
Deaton's Sand PitSandUnknownSedimentary
Fairforest Creek Sand MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Hammet Grove MineGoldPast ProducerMetamorphic Stratform
Pacolet QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerIgneous
Pacolet QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Spring Lake0.3 miles15
Calhoun Lake0.6 miles15
Oak Creek0.9 miles15
Rosewood1.0 miles15
Quail Hollow1.0 miles15
Ponderosa Gardens1.0 miles15
Camp Croft1.1 miles15
Glendale1.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1248620. 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.