Grace Heights, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bennettsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29512. The Survey maps it on the Bennettsville South quadrangle.
On record in Grace 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.
Jennings-Brown Houselisted 1972 · 0.6 miles away- Marlboro County Training Schoollisted 2025 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1942 USGS Rockingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Bennettsville South quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Laurinburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
368 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 368 fires within 5 miles of Grace Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,282 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 77 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/undetermined | 116 |
| Debris and open burning | 113 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 77 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Grace Heights: 3 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field Plant Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Harrel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hollis Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Hollis Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Marboro Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Marlboro Field Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Marlboro Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Marlboro Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayers (historical) | 0.7 miles | 8 | |
| Sunnybrook Heights | 0.8 miles | 8 | |
| Dundee Acres | 0.9 miles | 8 | |
| Bennettsville | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Country Club Heights | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Lake Terrace | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Islay (historical) | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Century Acres | 2.4 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122564629 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1232724. 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.




