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Horrel Hill, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Horrell Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29061. The Survey maps it on the Congaree quadrangle. It stands 410 feet above sea level.

Horrel Hill within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

230 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Horrel Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,910 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined104
Debris and open burning63
Arson/incendiarism23
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2012Other causesunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Horrel Hill: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Unnamed Clay PitClayUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Richland County

Storms near this place

19 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horrel Hill in 19 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 heavy rain, 2 flash flood. 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
March 2013Thunderstorm WindHorrel Hill$10,000Sheriff reported many trees down along Leesburg and Harmon Roads.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHorrel Hill$6,000Sheriff reported trees down on Rabbit Run and Lower Richland Blvd.
July 2012HailHorrel Hill$5,000Public reported 1 inch ahil in Shandon at the intersection of Duncan and Bonham roads.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHorrel Hill$4,000Sheriff reported trees down on Harmon and Hill roads.
June 2025Flash FloodHorrel Hill$2,000Richland County reported a flooded vehicle near the intersection of Bitternut Road and Chandler Hall Lane.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHorrel Hill$2,000Highway Patrol reported trees down on Leesburg Road and Harmon Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHorrel Hill$2,000Highway Patrol reported trees down on Davis Road and Leesburg Road.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindHorrel Hill$2,000Highway Patrol reported trees down on Lower Richland Blvd.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindHorrel Hill$100Richland Co SC mesonet (RCWINDS) gage at Horrell Hill measured a wind gust of 56 mph.
June 2018HailHorrel Hill$100Pea size hail fell, and a sign was blown down, on US Hwy 378 near Horrel Hill.
June 2017Heavy RainHorrel Hill$100RCWINDS site at Lower Richland Fire Station measured 4.33 inches of rain from thunderstorm activity that occurred during the late afternoon and evening of June 15th into the very early morning hours of June 16th.
April 2017Heavy RainHorrel Hill$100RCWINDS gage at Lower Richland Fire Station measured a 2 day rainfall total of 5.63 inches.
May 2022HailHorrel Hill$10MPING report of pea sized hail in Hopkins.
August 2024Flash FloodHorrel Hill-Video sent via X of water flowing across Saddlebrook Lane in Hopkins.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindHorrel Hill-A tree was downed near the intersection of Garners Ferry Rd (US Hwy 378) and Motley Rd. Time estimated.
July 2018HailHorrel Hill-Public report, via social media, of quarter size hail on Saskatoon Dr in Hopkins.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindHorrel Hill-SC Highway Patrol reported trees down on Grammar Rd and Congaree Rd.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindHorrel Hill-Reported trees down at the Horrell Hill Fire Department along with pea size hail.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHorrel Hill-Highway Patrol reported trees down near Garners Ferry Road and McEntire ANG Station.

Every storm recorded in Richland 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
San Marco Estates1.6 miles17
Quail Creek1.9 miles17
Bruner2.1 miles17
Swandale2.2 miles17
Quail Hills2.5 miles17
Green Lake Estates2.5 miles17
Padgett Acres2.8 miles17
Pine Lake3.2 miles17

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 Horrel HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14709513The 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 1246064. 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.