Hilldale, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Orangeburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29118. It stands on Turkey Hill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Orangeburg North quadrangle.

Hilldale within Orangeburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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.

1946 USGS St. Matthews quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Orangeburg North quadrangle1:24000
1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

417 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 417 fires within 5 miles of Hilldale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,263 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 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	236
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	85
Smoking	25
Misuse of fire by a minor	24
Equipment and vehicle use	23
Arson/incendiarism	13
Natural	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Fireworks	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
29 September 2019	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2017	Power generation/transmission/distribution	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2009	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orangeburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hilldale: 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
No. 6 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gifford-Hill Clay Pit	Clay	Unknown	Sedimentary
Gifford-Hill Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lawton Acres	0.3 miles	13
Turkey Hill	0.4 miles	13
Forest Acres	0.4 miles	13
Hunter Hill	0.5 miles	13
Conover Hill	0.6 miles	13
Stilton	0.8 miles	13
Moss Hills	0.8 miles	13
Greenbriar	0.9 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1242657. 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.