BlockTumbling Shoals, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Princeton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29654. It stands on Horse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hickory Tavern quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Tumbling Shoals
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Sullivan Houselisted 1973 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Fountain Inn quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Hickory Tavern quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Tumbling Shoals (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 436 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 12 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 | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tumbling Shoals (historical): 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garlington Kiln | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Sadula Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reedy River (historical) | 0.2 miles | 8 | |
| Hickory Tavern | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Erie (historical) | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Princeton | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Austin (historical) | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Poplar Springs | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Brewerton | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Edens (historical) | 5.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234987. 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.