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Woodfin, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Landrum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29349. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Inman quadrangle.

Woodfin within Spartanburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Woodfin between 1992 and 2019, burning about 359 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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
Debris and open burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Arson/incendiarism10
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
9 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution1.2 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2018Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2005Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2007Smokingunder 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 Woodfin: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand. 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
Avery ProspectIronProspect
Inman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Inman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
North Pacolet SandSandUnknownSedimentary
South Pacolet RiverSandUnknownSedimentary
Feldspar/Mica MineFeldspar, MicaPast Producer
Feldspar/Mica MineFeldspar, MicaPast Producer
Feldspar/Mica MineFeldspar, MicaPast Producer

Every working 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
North Ridge1.1 miles15
Tidmans Place1.4 miles15
New Prospect2.7 miles15
Clark Estates2.7 miles15
Obed (historical)2.8 miles15
Campobello3.3 miles15
Gramling3.4 miles15
Highland Park3.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1248699. 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.