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West Gantt, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29605. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle.

West Gantt within Greenville 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

101 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of West Gantt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 319 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined41
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning17
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2
Natural1
Smoking1
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
6 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of West Gantt: 4 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Thorium, Iron. 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
Charles BrooksIron, Titanium, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Edgcomb Steel--Greenville, S.C.Iron, AluminumProducer
Vulcan Materials Co. S. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
B E Woodson ProspectMicaProspect
Boling MineMicaPast Producer
R S Berry ProspectMicaProspect
W F Holloway & J J Brown ProspectsMicaProspect
Will Cleveland ProspectMicaProspect

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
Cutler Ridge0.3 miles14
Spring Brook Terrace0.4 miles14
Athelone Heights0.9 miles14
Glendale1.0 miles14
Roseman Heights1.0 miles14
The Highlands1.0 miles14
Lakeside1.1 miles14
Rockvale1.2 miles14

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 Q122545974The 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 1227491. 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.