Grays Hill, South Carolina
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Beaufort-Port Royal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29906. The Survey maps it on the Beaufort quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1944 USGS Fort Fremont quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Beaufort quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Fort Fremont quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Beaufort quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Beaufort quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
231 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Grays Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 960 acres in total. None started naturally. 57 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 | 82 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 73 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 57 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 1996 | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Grays Hill: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coosawhatchee Region Deposits | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1963 |
Storms near this place
14 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grays Hill in 14 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Lightning | Grays Hill | 1 hurt | Law Enforcement reported that a man was struck by lightning near a home on Lawson Road. He was reported to be conscious and alert after being struck, but no other information was available regarding the condition of the victim. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays Hill | $15,000 | A trained weather spotter reported trees down on houses as well as downed power lines in the Park Circle subdivision, 2 miles northeast of Laurel Bay, South Carolina. |
| May 2025 | Lightning | Grays Hill | $10,000 | Beaufort County Emergency Management reported a lightning strike to a tree that started a fire that spread to a power pole at the intersection of Parker Drive and Trask Parkway. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays Hill | $1,000 | Power lines were knocked down in Grays Hill. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays Hill | - | Beaufort County Emergency Management reported a tree down at 58 Big Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays Hill | - | The Beaufort County Warning Point reported trees down on Clarendon Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays Hill | - | The Beaufort County Warning Point reported a tree down at the 300 Block of Bruce K Smalls Drive. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays Hill | - | A Beaufort County emergency manager reported a tree across the roadway at the intersection of Clarendon Road and Trask Parkway. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays Hill | - | A Beaufort County emergency manager reported a tree on power lines along Bruce K Smalls Drive. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays Hill | - | A tree was reported down on Hampton Drive. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays Hill | - | The Beaufort County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Shanklin Road in the Burton area. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays Hill | - | A spotter reported a wind gust of 58 mph near the north end of the Beaufort MCAS. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays Hill | - | The public reported numerous trees down from a thunderstorm on Bruce K Smalls Drive. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Grays Hill | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Grays Hill, South Carolina. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinewood | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Seabrook | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Roseida | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Salt Creek | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Irongate | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Red Bluff Estates | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Peace Haven | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Pleasant Point | 3.7 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1222847. 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.









