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Cherry Hill, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bonneau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29461. It stands on Mingo Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cordesville quadrangle.

Cherry Hill within Berkeley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

461 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 461 fires within 5 miles of Cherry Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,311 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 156 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
Arson/incendiarism156
Debris and open burning152
Missing data/not specified/undetermined111
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2002Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1999Arson/incendiarism25 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkeley County

Storms near this place

29 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cherry Hill in 29 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2015Flash FloodCherry Hill$647,620Law enforcement and social media indicated several roads and bridges closed due to flooding from St Stephen to Moncks Corner. Ongoing rescues were also being reported from homes along Whitesville Road with many surrounding roads closed due to flooding during the early morning hours of October 4th. Additional roads closed included Highway 17A near Wadboo Creek where water was overflowing the road and Highway 45 near St Stephen where the road was washed out. A bridge on Spring Grove Road was damaged due to flooding near the intersection of Potato Hill Lane. A bridge was also damaged on Gravel Hill Road due to flooding. Another bridge on Betsy Hole Road was flooded and possibly damaged. Water was also entering a home on East Church Street near Bonneau.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindCherry Hill$2,500Power Lines down along Powerhouse Road.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindCherry Hill$1,000Two trees were reported down on Wadboo Creek Farm..
July 2013Thunderstorm WindCherry Hill$1,000Minor flooding and 1 tree down at the intersection of Highway 52 and Highway 17A, near Moncks Corner.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindCherry Hill$500A Maple tree that was 2 feet in diameter and 30 feet tall was reported to have broken off 3 feet above the ground on Old Cherry Hill Road.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCherry Hill$100A trained weather spotter reported several 3 inch diameter tree limbs knocked down by strong thunderstorm winds.
April 2025HailCherry Hill-A county official reported nickel size hail on Bethera Road between Mail RTE Road and Church of God Road.
April 2025HailCherry Hill-The public reported quarter to ping pong size hail.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCherry Hill-A Berkeley County emergency manager reported a tree down on Mail Route Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCherry Hill-Berkeley County Emergency Management reported a tree down and power lines down near the intersection of Barnyard Road and Full House Lane.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCherry Hill-Berkeley County Emergency Management reported a tree down on a house east of Bonneau.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCherry Hill-Berkeley County Emergency Management reported roof and building damage to Macedonia Middle School and Macedonia High School.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCherry Hill-The public reported a tree blown down onto power lines along Bethera Road.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCherry Hill-The media reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 402 and Highway 52.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCherry Hill-The Berkeley County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Bethera Road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCherry Hill-Berkeley County dispatch reported a tree down on Highway 52 near the intersection with Highway 402.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCherry Hill-The steeple was blown off of a church along Old Black Oak Road.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindCherry Hill-Berkeley County dispatch reported power lines down on the roadway at 1450 Highway 17A North.
February 2017HailCherry Hill-A trained spotter reported golf ball size hail.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindCherry Hill-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Cane Gulley Road and Bullhead Road.
August 2012HailCherry Hill-The public reported quarter sized hail near the intersection of Travis Hill Road and Old Cherry Hill Road.
August 2012HailCherry Hill-The public reported quarter sized hail on Cane Gully Road near Wadboo Road.
August 2012HailCherry Hill-A trained spotter reported penny to nickel sized hail near Macedonia.
August 2012HailCherry Hill-The public reported ping pong ball sized hail falling at Macedonia Middle School.
August 2012HailCherry Hill-The public reported quarter sized hail near the intersection of Highway 17 and Bethera Road.
April 2011HailCherry Hill-A spotter reported quarter to half dollar size hail completely covering the ground.
April 2011HailCherry Hill-The public reported golf ball size hail for 10 to 15 minutes in the Macedonia area.
June 2009HailCherry Hill-A trained weather spotter reported penny size hail 5 miles east-southeast of Bonneau, South Carolina.
June 2007HailCherry Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Berkeley 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
Santee Circle1.5 miles12
Simpson Crossing2.2 miles12
Wadboo2.6 miles12
Buck Hall (historical)2.7 miles12
Stony Landing2.8 miles12
Kitfield (historical)2.9 miles12
Macbeth3.2 miles9
Mittenlane3.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1229549. 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.

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.