BlockBaker Hill, South Carolina
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hardeeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29927. It lies near Dry Pine Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hardeeville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1920 USGS Hardeeville quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Hardeeville quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Hardeeville quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hardeeville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
206 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Baker Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,114 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 61 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 burning | 64 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2008 | Natural | 100 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 July 2004 | Natural | 25 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Baker Hill: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keiffer Mines | Sand | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Deerfield Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Deerfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Deerfield Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Purysburgh Landing | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Morgan | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Purysburgh | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Berrys Landing | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Mill Stone Landing | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Tillman | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hardeeville | 6.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1220302. 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.