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York Hills, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Gaffney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29340. The Survey maps it on the Gaffney quadrangle.

York Hills within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

272 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 272 fires within 5 miles of York Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 870 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined147
Debris and open burning49
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Equipment and vehicle use20
Arson/incendiarism14
Smoking7
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
9 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth 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 60 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of York Hills: 52 unknowns, 7 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Marble, Dimension, Clay. 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
Cameron MineSilver, Lead, Copper, Sulfur, IronUnknown1861
Cameron MineSilver, Lead, CopperUnknown1850
Cherokee County PegTantalum, Niobium (Columbium)Unknown
Headwater Cole Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REE, Gold, Tin, CorundumUnknown1910, 1911
Otterson Limestone QuarryStoneUnknown1850
Sullivan-Ballinger FarmsManganeseProspect
Thicketty Creek Monazite Placer Eastern TributaryThorium, REE, Tin, Corundum, GoldUnknown1910, 1911
Troy Blanton MineMicaPast Producer
Upper Cole Creek Monazite PlacerThorium, REE, Gold, Corundum, TinUnknown1910, 1911
Draytonville QuarryStone, DimensionUnknownMetamorphosed Beds

Every working 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
College Park0.4 miles16
Carter Heights0.6 miles16
Forest Hills0.8 miles16
Tanglewood1.0 miles16
Country Club Estates1.0 miles16
Belmont Acres1.3 miles16
Brookwood Estates1.6 miles16
Dogwood Park1.6 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122595406The 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 1228679. 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.