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Boyd Hill, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Rock Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29732. The Survey maps it on the Rock Hill West quadrangle.

Boyd Hill within York County

On record in Boyd Hill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 6 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Boyd Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 203 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined45
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
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
29 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Boyd Hill: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica. 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
Indian Graveyard MineMicaPast Producer
Rock Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownIgneous
Rock Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
York MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in York County

Storms near this place

12 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boyd Hill in 12 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2020Thunderstorm WindBoyd Hill1 killed, $25,000EM reported a tree was blown down on a moving vehicle on Pleasant Rd in Fort Mill killing the 80-year-old female driver. Other trees were blown down in Rock Hill, including a large tree that fell across three parked vehicles on Park Ave.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBoyd Hill$50,000EM reported parts of roofs were blown off of three warehouse-style commercial buildings in the Rock Hill area.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindBoyd Hill$10,000Public reported a tree blown down on a house on Ebenezer Ave (1 NNW) and another tree down on Cherry Rd (2 NNE).
July 2016Heavy RainBoyd Hill$2,000One to two feet of deep standing water developed on a street on the Winthrop University campus after more than an inch of rain fell in less than an hour. One vehicle was stalled in the water.
March 2018HailBoyd Hill-Media reported 3/4 inch hail in the Rock Hill area.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBoyd Hill-Spotter reported a few trees blown down.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBoyd Hill-County comms reported trees and power lines blown down in the Rock Hill area.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBoyd Hill-Numerous trees were blown down in and around Rock Hill.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBoyd Hill-Multiple trees were blown down in the Rock Hill area.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindBoyd Hill-A tree was blown down in Rock Hill.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBoyd Hill-A number of trees were blown down on the northeast side of the city, with a tree on a porch on Celriver Rd. Another tree fell on and damaged a concrete building and fencing in this same area. A tree was also down down on Sunset Dr just west of downtown Rock Hill.
April 2010HailBoyd Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in York 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
Old Farm0.6 miles16
Westerwood Acres0.8 miles16
Pineridge0.8 miles16
Ebenezer1.2 miles16
Beaty Estates1.3 miles16
Heatherwood1.3 miles16
Shadowbrook1.4 miles16
Old Point Station1.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231076. 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.