BlockHoney Hill, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cordesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29453. The Survey maps it on the Honey Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1942 USGS Honey Hill quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
243 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 243 fires within 5 miles of Honey Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,836 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 155 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 155 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | MOTOR CROSS |
| 17 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | SKIDDER |
| 15 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | PRICE |
| 24 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | CANE SWAMP |
| 21 July 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | BUZZY |
| 11 July 1998 | Natural | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | SPRING VIEW |
| 8 June 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | WAR EMBLEM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Honey Hill in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2014: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Honey Hill | $1,500 | The Berkeley county 911 Dispatch Center reported trees down on Highway 45 between Shulerville and Honey Hill, South Carolina. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Honey Hill | - | One tree reported down on Old Cemetery Road. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Honey Hill | - | A trained weather spotter reported quarter size hail fell for 7 minutes and covered the ground, 9 miles southeast of Jamestown, South Carolina. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Honey Hill | - | The public reported pea to nickel size hail 10 miles northwest of McClellanville, South Carolina. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newland | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Shulerville | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Green Bay (historical) | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Pitch Landing | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Turkey Pond | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Hill Landing | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Simmonsville | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Palmerville | 5.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1229812. 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.
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.