BlockCarolina Heights, South Carolina
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the North Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29841. The Survey maps it on the Augusta East quadrangle.
On record in Carolina Heights
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Rosemary Halllisted 1975 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1921 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Augusta East quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Augusta East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Barnwell quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Augusta East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
235 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 235 fires within 5 miles of Carolina Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 876 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 42 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/undetermined | 80 |
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-RICHMOND-015 |
| 6 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-RICHMOND-002 |
| 2 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-RICHMOND-012 |
| 18 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-RICHMOND-021 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Carolina Heights: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Brick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Preparation Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Foster's Lane Pit | Brick Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Horse Creek | Titanium, Zirconium, REE, Thorium | Unknown | Placer-Modern-Fluvial | |
| Horse Creek | REE | Past Producer | ||
| Unidentified Mine(Horse Creek Mine) | Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Titanium | Past Producer | Sedimentary Kaolin | |
| Merry Companies Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Merry Pit 4 | Clay | Producer | ||
| North Augusta Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Richmond County Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unidentified Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary Kaolin |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mealing Heights | 0.4 miles | 21 | |
| Hamburg | 0.5 miles | 21 | |
| Schultz Hill | 0.6 miles | 21 | |
| Brigham Woods | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Summerfields | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| North Augusta | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Sunset Heights | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Edgefield Heights | 1.2 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236268. 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.