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Hopewell, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hemingway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29554. The Survey maps it on the Henry quadrangle.

Hopewell within Williamsburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

376 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 376 fires within 5 miles of Hopewell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,790 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 82 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 burning155
Missing data/not specified/undetermined110
Arson/incendiarism82
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2011Other causes1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2008Debris and open burning8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williamsburg 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 Hopewell: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them 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
Parsons Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Parsons Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Williamsburg County

Storms near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hopewell in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 1 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2010HailHopewell$3,000Golf ball size hail was reported by a motorist driving along County Line Road. The hail did result in dents to the vehicle.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHopewell$1,000Tree down on County Line Rd between New Farm Rd and Pleasant Hill Drive.

Every storm recorded in Williamsburg 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
Gordonville1.8 miles8
Rome2.2 miles8
Union Crossroads2.5 miles8
Snow Junction3.0 miles8
Chandlers3.9 miles8
Poplar Hill4.0 miles8
Cook4.2 miles8
Willtown (historical)4.3 miles8

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 Q5900288The 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 1227919. 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.