Terry, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tigerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29690. It stands on Beaverdam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Slater quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Terry 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.

1907 USGS Saluda quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Tigerville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Slater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Hendersonville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Terry (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 679 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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	50
Debris and open burning	46
Arson/incendiarism	9
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Natural	4
Other causes	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Smoking	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
6 September 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 1998	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1999	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 August 2017	Debris and open burning	65 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
22 August 2007	Natural	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Terry (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry	Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer	Metamorphic

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Terry Creek	0.5 miles	28
Lima	2.4 miles	17
Cross Plains	2.5 miles	17
Gap Creek	2.7 miles	28
Merrittsville (historical)	3.2 miles	28
Wildwood Park (historical)	3.2 miles	28
Chestnut Springs	4.4 miles	28
River Falls	4.6 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1232110. 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.