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Hallmark Hills, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Orangeburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29115. It stands on Caw Caw Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Orangeburg South quadrangle.

Hallmark Hills within Orangeburg County

On record in Hallmark 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 12 of 23 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Orangeburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

408 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 408 fires within 5 miles of Hallmark Hills between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,034 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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 burning230
Missing data/not specified/undetermined89
Equipment and vehicle use24
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Smoking19
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orangeburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hallmark Hills: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Edisto Asphalt Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
No. 6 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Orangeburg 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
Berry Woods0.6 miles13
Orangeburg0.7 miles18
Moss Heights0.7 miles18
Pecanway Terrace0.8 miles13
Hyde Park0.8 miles13
Scoville Woods0.8 miles13
Colonial Heights1.0 miles13
Pine Needles1.0 miles13

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 Q122598742The 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 1242649. 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.