BlockColonial Heights, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Orangeburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29118. The Survey maps it on the Orangeburg North quadrangle.
On record in Colonial 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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
William P. Stroman Houselisted 1996 · 0.6 miles away
Maj. John Hammond Fordham Houselisted 1985 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1946 USGS St. Matthews quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Orangeburg North quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
403 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 403 fires within 5 miles of Colonial Heights between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,080 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 232 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 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 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edisto Asphalt Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| No. 6 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pecanway Terrace | 0.2 miles | 13 | |
| Glenwood Acres | 0.4 miles | 13 | |
| Heatherwood | 0.4 miles | 13 | |
| Marshall Heights | 0.6 miles | 13 | |
| New Brookland | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hyde Park | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Berry Woods | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Dalby Downs | 0.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1242580. 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.