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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1948 USGS Hopkins quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Congaree quadrangle1:24000
- 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
- 1972 USGS Congaree quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
230 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 104 |
| Debris and open burning | 63 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Clay Pit | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
19 since 2010Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horrel Hill | $10,000 | Sheriff reported many trees down along Leesburg and Harmon Roads. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horrel Hill | $6,000 | Sheriff reported trees down on Rabbit Run and Lower Richland Blvd. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Horrel Hill | $5,000 | Public reported 1 inch ahil in Shandon at the intersection of Duncan and Bonham roads. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horrel Hill | $4,000 | Sheriff reported trees down on Harmon and Hill roads. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Horrel Hill | $2,000 | Richland County reported a flooded vehicle near the intersection of Bitternut Road and Chandler Hall Lane. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horrel Hill | $2,000 | Highway Patrol reported trees down on Leesburg Road and Harmon Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horrel Hill | $2,000 | Highway Patrol reported trees down on Davis Road and Leesburg Road. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horrel Hill | $2,000 | Highway Patrol reported trees down on Lower Richland Blvd. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horrel Hill | $100 | Richland Co SC mesonet (RCWINDS) gage at Horrell Hill measured a wind gust of 56 mph. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Horrel Hill | $100 | Pea size hail fell, and a sign was blown down, on US Hwy 378 near Horrel Hill. |
| June 2017 | Heavy Rain | Horrel Hill | $100 | RCWINDS 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 2017 | Heavy Rain | Horrel Hill | $100 | RCWINDS gage at Lower Richland Fire Station measured a 2 day rainfall total of 5.63 inches. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Horrel Hill | $10 | MPING report of pea sized hail in Hopkins. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Horrel Hill | - | Video sent via X of water flowing across Saddlebrook Lane in Hopkins. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horrel Hill | - | A tree was downed near the intersection of Garners Ferry Rd (US Hwy 378) and Motley Rd. Time estimated. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Horrel Hill | - | Public report, via social media, of quarter size hail on Saskatoon Dr in Hopkins. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horrel Hill | - | SC Highway Patrol reported trees down on Grammar Rd and Congaree Rd. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horrel Hill | - | Reported trees down at the Horrell Hill Fire Department along with pea size hail. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horrel Hill | - | Highway Patrol reported trees down near Garners Ferry Road and McEntire ANG Station. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Marco Estates | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Quail Creek | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Bruner | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Swandale | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Quail Hills | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Green Lake Estates | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Padgett Acres | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Pine Lake | 3.2 miles | 17 |
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 Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14709513 | The 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.









