BlockWarley Woods, South Carolina
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Pendleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29670. The Survey maps it on the Clemson quadrangle.
On record in Warley Woods
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.
- Pendleton Cotton Milllisted 2018 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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.
- 1888 USGS Pickens quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Pickens quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1951 USGS Clemson quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Warley Woods between 1992 and 2018, burning about 376 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 June 2016 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 June 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 May 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 May 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Warley Woods: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcmurtley Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Ross Morgan Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Calhoun Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Calhoun Placer | Gold | Unknown | Placer | |
| Pickens Prospect | Gold | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pendleton | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Pendleton Gardens | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Forest Hills | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Woodhaven | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| La France | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Sandy Springs | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Lebanon | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| New Light | 5.1 miles | 17 |
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 Q122555753 | 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 1233542. 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.