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Taho, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Highland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29687. It lies near Pax Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Tigerville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Taho within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Taho (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 447 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined39
Debris and open burning38
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Natural1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 August 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 July 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 July 2012Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Taho (historical): 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zirconium. 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
L E Stringer ProspectMicaProspect
Mills Herren ProspectIronProspect
Sandy Flat QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Sandy Flats QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
TigerVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Tigerville ProspectZirconiumOccurrence
Cureton MineGoldPast Producer
Wild Cat MineGoldUnknownVein
Wild Cat MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greenville 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
Lendaw0.9 miles17
Blue Ridge1.1 miles17
Pleasant Hill1.7 miles17
Highland2.1 miles17
Mitchell (historical)2.4 miles17
Skyland2.8 miles17
Mount View2.8 miles17
Tigerville2.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1232108. 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.