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Cedar Hill, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the McCormick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29835. The Survey maps it on the McCormick quadrangle.

Cedar Hill within McCormick County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

153 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 426 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined79
Debris and open burning30
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2

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 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCormick County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Hill: 9 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Copper, Copper. 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
Abernathy and Kehaya/Dorn MineManganesePast Producer1942
Barite HillGold, Barium-Barite, Copper, Silver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerPyrite, Gold, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Butler ProspectBarium-Barite, Gold, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1860
Jennings MineGold, CopperUnknown1860
Dorn MineGold, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerVein/Stratabound
Dorn MineGold, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Self MineGold, Barium-BaritePast Producer1860
Barite HillGoldPast Producer1984, 1991
Butler ProspectGoldOccurrence
Jennings ProspectGoldProspect

Every working recorded in McCormick 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
McCormick2.1 miles16
Buffalo3.5 miles16
Bordeaux4.8 miles17
Dornville (historical)4.9 miles16
Plum Branch5.7 miles16
Lethia5.8 miles17
Parks Mill6.9 miles16
Whitetown7.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1229188. 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.