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Windtree, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Greenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29649. It stands on Sample Branch. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle.

Windtree within Greenwood County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

307 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 307 fires within 5 miles of Windtree between 1992 and 2019, burning about 625 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined192
Debris and open burning55
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burning4.3 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenwood County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Windtree: 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Aluminum, Kaolin, Granite, 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
Benjamin Granite QuarryStone, DimensionUnknownIgneous
Mrs. Mary Robinson PropertyAluminum, KaolinProspect
Unidentified Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusive
Greenwood Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownMetamorphic
Greenwood QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wilson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerIgneous Intrusion

Every working recorded in Greenwood 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
Rock Creek0.6 miles15
Cherokee Hills0.6 miles15
Belle Meade0.6 miles15
Glendale0.6 miles15
Wellington Green0.9 miles15
Forest Hills1.1 miles15
Crestview1.1 miles15
Canterbury1.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234259. 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.