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Walnut Grove, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pauline census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29374. It lies near Lucas Hill. The Survey maps it on the Moore quadrangle.

Walnut Grove 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Walnut Grove between 1992 and 2019, burning about 222 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined33
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
15 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2002Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2009Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 1999Natural11 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Walnut Grove: 4 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Vermiculite, Kyanite. 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
Alexander Sillimanite ProspectKyaniteUnknownMetamorphic
Barber Sillimanite ProspectKyaniteProspect
Barber Sillimanite ProspectKyaniteUnknownMetamorphic
Foster #3VermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Foster MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Mason #1 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Mason #2 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Miller-Thompson MineVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion

Every working recorded in Spartanburg County

Storms near this place

2 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walnut Grove in 2 storm reports between 1996 and 2008: 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWalnut Grove-Several trees were blown down near I-26.
July 1996Tornado (F1)Walnut Grove-no account filed

Every storm 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
Millville (historical)2.5 miles14
Pauline3.5 miles14
Stone Station3.6 miles14
Glenn Springs4.1 miles14
Golightly4.6 miles14
Moore4.9 miles14
Smiths Tavern5.0 miles14
Gatewood5.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231889. 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.