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White Stone, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pacolet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29302. The Survey maps it on the Pacolet quadrangle. It stands 801 feet above sea level.

White Stone within Spartanburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of White Stone between 1992 and 2017, burning about 328 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined45
Debris and open burning22
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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
30 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2012Natural2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2012Natural3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2008Debris and open burning4.6 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 2011Fireworksunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth 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 White Stone: 3 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Feldspar, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Hammet Mine, Crocker MineGold, CopperUnknown1818, 1825, 1857
Deaton's Sand PitSandUnknownSedimentary
Fairforest Creek Sand MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Hammet Grove MineGoldPast ProducerMetamorphic Stratform
Pacolet MillFeldsparPlant
Pacolet MineFeldsparProducer
Pacolet QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerIgneous
Pacolet QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Spartanburg County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Stone in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2018: 3 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
September 2018Thunderstorm WindWhite Stone-County comms reported numerous trees blown down in and around the Pacolet area.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindWhite Stone-DOT reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Highways 176 and 295, and at least one more tree down in the same area.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindWhite Stone-A tree was blown down at Bethesda Rd and South Pine St. Another tree was blown down at Bethesda Rd and Bethesda Dr with another down on highway 150 in the Pacolet area.

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
Calico1.2 miles15
Ponderosa Gardens1.9 miles15
Sundance1.9 miles15
Camp Croft2.0 miles15
Rosewood2.0 miles15
White Stone Springs (historical)2.1 miles14
Spring Lake2.2 miles15
Calhoun Lake2.5 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on White StoneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27988791The 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 1251423. 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.