Baptist Hill, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Ravenel-Hollywood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29449. The Survey maps it on the Adams Run quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1919 USGS Edisto Island quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Edisto Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Adams Run quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
233 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 233 fires within 5 miles of Baptist Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,383 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 46 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 | 97 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 74 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2002 | Natural | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Baptist Hill: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravenels Quadrangle | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Beach |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baptist Hill in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baptist Hill | $1,000 | Charleston County dispatch reported a tree down on Ethel Post Office Road near the intersection with Mule Barn Road. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baptist Hill | $1,000 | A National Weather Service employee reported a tree and large tree limbs down around the intersection of Toogadoo Road and Parishville Road, 3 miles west of Meggett, South Carolina. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baptist Hill | - | Local broadcast media relayed a report of several trees down along parts of Toogoodoo Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laroche | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Laurel Hill | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Hollywood | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Meggett | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Ravenel | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Gibson | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Jericho | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Capwells Crossroads | 3.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231025. 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.









