BlockGreen Hill, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Hartsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29550. The Survey maps it on the Hartsville North quadrangle.
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 Hartsville North quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
567 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 567 fires within 5 miles of Green Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,147 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 73 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 | 248 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 164 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 73 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Green Hill: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Creek | Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial | |
| Winburn | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunts Crossroads | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Birdstown Crossroads | 2.8 miles | 6 | |
| Greenplains (historical) | 3.6 miles | 6 | |
| Sherwood Forest | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Granthams Crossroads | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| North Hartsville | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Northwood | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Glendale Acres | 4.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227910. 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.