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Hunters Glen, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Aiken census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29803. The Survey maps it on the New Ellenton quadrangle.

Hunters Glen within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

268 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Hunters Glen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,200 acres in total. 18 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/undetermined99
Debris and open burning90
Arson/incendiarism23
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Natural18
Equipment and vehicle use9
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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 1999Natural3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hunters Glen: 6 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin. 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
Aiken MineKaolinProducer
Rodgers-Younce MineKaolinUnknown
Giant Portland MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Giant Portland MineClayPast Producer
Old Harrigal Kaolin MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Randall Kaolin MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Richardson Kaolin MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Richardson Mine NorthClayPast Producer
Richardson Mine SouthClayPast Producer
Unidentified MineClayProducerSedimentary Kaolin

Every working recorded in Aiken 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
College Acres0.3 miles18
Chukker Creek0.9 miles18
Talatha Farms0.9 miles18
Elmwood Park1.0 miles18
Brookhaven Estates1.1 miles18
Quail Hollow1.2 miles18
Dogwood Manor1.3 miles18
Bonniview Estates1.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236382. 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.