BlockForest Hills, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hartsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29550. It stands on Segars Mill Stream. The Survey maps it on the Kellytown quadrangle.
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Hart, Thomas E., House, and Kalmia Gardenslisted 1991 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Kellytown quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
553 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 553 fires within 5 miles of Forest Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,792 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 83 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 | 207 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 165 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 83 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Natural | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Acres | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Botany Woods | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| West Hartsville | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Segars | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Kalmia Place | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Kellytown | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Georgia Estates | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Pine Acres | 1.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1240871. 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.