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Sunrise 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.

Sunrise Point within York County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Sunrise Point between 1992 and 2019, burning about 208 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined62
Debris and open burning31
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking13
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
8 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresNorth Carolina Forest ServiceLUNCH
22 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceBUCKIE CT
12 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServicePLANTERS ROW DR POWERLINE
11 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Sunrise Point: 14 unknowns, 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barnett MineGold, SulfurPast Producer
Jingles MineGold, Iron, SulfurPast Producer
Beaver Dam Creek Brook Corundum ProspectCorundumUnknown1900
Clawson MineIronPast Producer
Nanny Mountain MineIronUnknown1760, 1820
Rickard MineCorundumPast ProducerMetamorphic
Casar Sillimanite DepositsKyaniteOccurrence
Polkville Sillimanite DepositKyaniteOccurrence
Wards Creek Sillimanite DepositKyaniteOccurrence
Barnett MineGoldUnknown1910

Every working recorded in York 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
Hollyberry Woods0.5 miles16
South Point0.5 miles16
Oakwood0.6 miles16
River Hills Plantation0.6 miles16
Catawba Ridge0.7 miles16
Fairway Bridge0.7 miles16
Heritage Woods0.7 miles16
Lake Wylie0.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1233934. 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.