BlockHickory Hill, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Green Pond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29446. The Survey maps it on the White Hall quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1918 USGS Green Pond quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Green Pond quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS White Hall quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
165 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Hickory Hill between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,938 acres in total. None started naturally. 33 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 | 67 |
| Debris and open burning | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 236 acres | Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge | CBFLDS96-1 |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 June 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Pond | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| White Hall | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Wiggins | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Ashepoo Crossing | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Ashepoo | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| Ashepoo Siding | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Blake | 7.6 miles | 19 | |
| Catholic Hill | 7.8 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231379. 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.