Heath Springs, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Heath Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29058. The Survey maps it on the Heath Springs quadrangle. 742 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 719 feet above sea level.
On record in Heath Springs
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 2 records
Heath Springs Depotlisted 1990- Battle of Hanging Rock Historic Sitelisted 1974
Population over time
2 figuresHeath Springs fell from 790 to 742 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 790 | |
| 2020 | 742 | -48 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Heath Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
153 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Heath Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 612 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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 | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1992 | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Heath Springs: 3 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congaree Quarry | Granite, Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Igneous | |
| Coral Grey Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Brothers Belk | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Redding Placer | Gold | Unknown | Placer | |
| Redding Placer | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heath Springs in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 1997: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath Springs | $1,000 | Trees and power lines blown down. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Heath Springs | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Heath Springs | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Heath Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath Springs | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakhurst | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Anvil Rock | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Rich Hill Crossroads | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cauthens Crossroads | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Kershaw | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Pitmon Crossroad | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Fork Hill Crossroads | 5.7 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Heath Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2548622 | 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 1245936. 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.






