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Forest Hills, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Pendleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29670. The Survey maps it on the Clemson quadrangle.

Forest Hills within Anderson County

On record in Forest Hills

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Forest Hills between 1992 and 2018, burning about 167 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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/undetermined23
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 June 2016Other causes1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 June 2002Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 June 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 May 2014Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Forest Hills: 5 prospects, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica. 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
Calhoun PlacerGoldPast Producer
Calhoun PlacerGoldUnknownPlacer
Cochran PlacerGoldPast Producer1908
Head ProspectMicaProspect
Mattie Falls DepositMicaOccurrence
Morgan ProspectMicaProspect
Pickens ProspectGoldUnknownVein
Pickens ProspectGoldProspect
Robinson ProspectsMicaProspect
Ross Morgan ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Anderson 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
Pendleton0.9 miles19
Warley Woods1.4 miles19
Pendleton Gardens1.5 miles19
Woodhaven1.6 miles19
La France3.8 miles17
New Light5.0 miles17
Sandy Springs5.2 miles17
Pine Acres6.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236691. 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.