BlockColonial Heights, South Carolina
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Goose Creek-Hanahan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29445. It stands on Lindley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mount Holly quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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 Summerville quadrangle1:48000
- 1920 USGS Summerville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Summerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Mount Holly quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
367 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 367 fires within 5 miles of Colonial Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,227 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 77 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 | 138 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 77 |
| Debris and open burning | 75 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 58 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Colonial Heights: 1 plant, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Contained or Metal, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C G Rowland Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Mount Holly Aluminum Plant | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | 1980 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Hills | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Hound Run | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Shannon Park | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Foxborough | 0.8 miles | 19 | |
| Woodland Heights | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Stratford Forest | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Boulder Bluff | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Pineview Hills | 1.3 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234471. 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.