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Victor Heights, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Greer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29651. It stands on Victor Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greer quadrangle.

Victor Heights within Spartanburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Victor Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 311 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined35
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Other causes1

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
7 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.8 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2009Debris and open burning3.9 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spartanburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Victor Heights: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica, Granite. 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
Arbuckle QuarryGraniteProducer
H L Shelton DepositMicaOccurrence
Pelham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Spartanburg 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
Victor Mills0.5 miles14
Victorian Hills0.6 miles14
Oakwood0.9 miles14
Maplewood1.2 miles14
Sunny Glen1.2 miles14
Woodland Forest1.5 miles14
Calina Heights1.6 miles14
Palmetto Estates1.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1248651. 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.