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White Oaks, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Anderson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29621. The Survey maps it on the Belton West quadrangle.

White Oaks within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of White Oaks between 1992 and 2019, burning about 242 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
6 September 2009Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.2 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of White Oaks: 2 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Iron, Titanium, Gemstone. 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
Mcconnell ProspectMica, GemstoneProspect
SmithIron, TitaniumUnknownMagnetite Vein
Cliff Webb ProspectMicaProspect
D J Tucker DepositMicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Anderson 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
Devonshire0.5 miles17
Windward Trail0.7 miles17
Beaver Creek0.8 miles17
Hampton Acres0.9 miles17
Country Place0.9 miles17
Country Acres1.7 miles17
Quail Hollow2.1 miles17
McGee Acres2.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1233562. 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.