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Dominion Hills, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29209. The Survey maps it on the Fort Jackson South quadrangle.

Dominion Hills within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

184 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Dominion Hills between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,011 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined88
Debris and open burning45
Arson/incendiarism20
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1

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
30 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Debris and open burning10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dominion Hills: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Unnamed Clay PitClayUnknownSedimentary
Bluff Road MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer1978, 1980
Bluff Road Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Richland 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
Berkeley Forest0.8 miles17
Independents0.9 miles17
Eastmont1.1 miles17
Charlestowne1.1 miles17
Lykes1.3 miles17
Bendemeer1.3 miles17
Hazelwood Acres1.4 miles17
Quail Creek1.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1249048. 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.