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Tyger, South Carolina

15 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 29356. It stands on Campbell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Campobello quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Tyger within Greenville County

On record in Tyger

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Tyger (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 658 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined40
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
16 September 1999Smoking2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 July 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 June 2008Natural2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 May 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth 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

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Tyger (historical): 5 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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
Clark-Tyger Sand MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Rester MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
I L Tigert ProspectIronOccurrence
Mills Herren ProspectIronProspect
Stanley Adkins ProspectIronOccurrence
Briggs ProspectGoldUnknownVein
Briggs ProspectGoldProspect
Cureton MineGoldPast Producer1908
Mcbee PlacerGoldPast Producer
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
Mitchell (historical)2.0 miles17
Gowensville2.4 miles15
Pleasant Hill2.4 miles17
Jordan2.9 miles17
Skyland3.1 miles17
Highland3.9 miles17
Taho (historical)4.1 miles17
Lendaw4.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1232119. 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.