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Wilkinsville, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gaffney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29340. It stands on Jenkins Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wilkinsville quadrangle.

Wilkinsville within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Wilkinsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 583 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined43
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2005Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2002Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Wilkinsville: 9 past producers, 8 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Barium-Barite, Kyanite, Copper. 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
La Peire ProspectGold, Sulfur, IronUnknown1934
Magnolia MineGold, Copper, SulfurPast Producer
Schlegemich MineGold, Silver, CopperUnknownVein
Brown MineGold, CopperPast Producer
Flint Hill MineGold, CopperUnknown1858, 1859
Mt Ararat Church OccurrenceKyaniteOccurrence
Mt Ararat Church ProspectBarium-BaritePast Producer
Mt. AraratBarium-BariteUnknownVein
Mt. Ararat Church ProspectBarium-BaritePast ProducerBarite Vein
Worth Mountain Kyanite ProspectKyaniteUnknownMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

8 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilkinsville in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2020Thunderstorm WindWilkinsville-County comms reported numerous trees blown down across the southern half of Cherokee County.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWilkinsville-County comms reported numerous trees blown down.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWilkinsville-Spotter reported multiple trees blown down.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWilkinsville-Spotter reported numerous trees down near the Saratt community, with a few having to be cut out of the roadway.
June 2014HailWilkinsville-Spotter reported up to quarter size hail.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindWilkinsville-Several trees were blown down on highway 18.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWilkinsville-Three large trees were blown down off highway 211 and highway 18.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWilkinsville-A tree was down on highway 105 in the Wilkinsville community.

Every storm recorded in Cherokee 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
Abingdon2.3 miles16
Smith Ford3.1 miles16
Mercer (historical)3.3 miles15
Etta (historical)3.7 miles16
Laurelwood4.9 miles15
Gowdeysville (historical)4.9 miles14
Lawn (historical)5.1 miles15
Saratt5.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227605. 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.