Kilbourne Heights, South Carolina
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29206. It stands on Orphanage Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fort Jackson North quadrangle.
On record in Kilbourne Heights
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Dovillers-Manning-Magoffin Houselisted 1979 · 0.4 miles away
Raymond Price Houselisted 2007 · 0.9 miles away
George R. Price Houselisted 1998 · 0.9 miles away
Melrose Heights-Oak Lawn-Fairview Historic Districtlisted 2016 · 0.9 miles away
J. Davis Powell Houselisted 2012 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 24 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.
- 1935 USGS Killian quadrangle1:48000
- 1935 USGS Killian quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Killian quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1942 USGS Camden quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Fort Jackson North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Fort Jackson North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
105 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Kilbourne Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 470 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 | 60 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.8 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 2016 | Fireworks | 3.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Kilbourne Heights: 5 producers, 5 past producers, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayce Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Congaree River | Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Iron | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial | |
| Guignard Mill | Clay, Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Smith Properties Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Westinghouse Elec. Corp--Columbia | Thorium | Unknown | ||
| Cayce Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | 1893 | |
| Columbia Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | 1883 | |
| Duncan Lakes Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Laborde Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Lexington Co. Clay and Shale Mines | Clay | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilbourne Park | 0.6 miles | 24 | |
| Forest Acres | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Heathwood | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Deaswood | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Melrose Heights | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Forest Hills | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Rosewood | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Shandon | 1.4 miles | 13 |
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 Q122539188 | 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 1249180. 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.












