Toney Creek, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Belton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29627. It stands on Toney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Belton East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Williamston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Belton East quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Toney Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 314 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Toney Creek: 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desota Prospect | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Cooper Sand Co. Piedmont Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Piedmont Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Fred Cox Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Joe Darby Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Patton Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Welborn Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toney Creek in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toney Creek | - | Two trees were blown down along highway 247 near the Greenville County line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheddar | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Belton | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Friendship | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| High Point | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Williamston | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Dosheno | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Burris | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Pelzer | 6.3 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122563987 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1251185. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





