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Flint Hill, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ridgeway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29180. The Survey maps it on the Flint Hill quadrangle.

Flint Hill within Fairfield 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Flint Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 520 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined47
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural12
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
27 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.6 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2007Natural105 acresSouth Carolina Forestry CommissionPLUM CREEK
25 August 2000Natural5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fairfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Flint Hill: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Kershaw County MineClayUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Fairfield County

Storms near this place

10 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flint Hill in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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
July 2012HailFlint Hill$40,000Numerous motorists reported windshields broken from hial on I-77 between exits 41 and 48.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindFlint Hill$3,000Dispatch reported trees down along Old River Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindFlint Hill$3,000Dispatch reported trees down along White Oak Church Road.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindFlint Hill-Local power coop reported a tree down on a power line along Hope Rd near Old River Rd.
August 2024Flash FloodFlint Hill-Picture on social media forwarded by NWS Student Volunteer shows Dutchmans Creek overflowing its banks and causing flooding on Flint Hill Road just after 5pm.
April 2018Tornado (EF1)Flint Hill-Tornado damage began just south of White Oak Church Rd, with the tornado moving in a N then NNE motion for about 4.4 miles. The tornado appears to have lifted along the western shore of Lake Wateree near Gunsite Rd where numerous large trees were uprooted or snapped, with several of them falling on homes. The strongest winds are|estimated to have been 95-105 mph.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindFlint Hill-Public reported a tree down blocking both lanes of US Hwy 21 N. Time estimated based on radar.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindFlint Hill-Law enforcement reported a tree down at Old Hwy. 21 and Flint Hill Road. Five homes lost power.
March 2012HailFlint Hill-Dispatch reported nickel to quarter size hail in Winnsboro and areas just east of town.
April 2008Tornado (EF1)Flint Hill-Storm Survey, coordinated with DOT, found several groves of trees down with good convergent patterns at SC 20 and Great North roads, US 21, and Wateree road.

Every storm recorded in Fairfield 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
Dutchman Creek3.7 miles16
Bucklick3.9 miles16
Taylors Creek4.3 miles16
Biddle (historical)5.1 miles16
Ridgeway6.9 miles15
Gladden Grove (historical)7.2 miles13
Longtown7.3 miles15
Winnsboro7.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1247780. 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.

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.