Liberty Hill, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Westville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29074. The Survey maps it on the Liberty Hill quadrangle. It stands 561 feet above sea level.
On record in Liberty Hill
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 1 record
Liberty Hill Historic Districtlisted 1978
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1942 USGS Camden quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Liberty Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
49 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Liberty Hill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 431 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Liberty Hill: 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Dimension, Quartz, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Diamond Gray Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | Igneous | |
| Diamond Gray Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Liberty Hill Deposit | Quartz | Past Producer | 1954 | |
| Liberty Hill Quarry | Stone | Unknown | Igneous | |
| Liberty Hill Quarry | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Liberty Hill in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 18 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Hail | Liberty Hill | $40,000 | Post Office reported golfball size hail in Liberty Hill. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Liberty Hill | $30,000 | Golfball size hail reported for 5 minutes at the River Deck Store on Lake Wateree. Hail damaged the canopy at the store and covered the ground. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | $8,000 | Electric company reported trees and powerlines down along Garden Spot Lane near Hwy 97. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | $6,000 | Electric company reported a tree down on HWY 97 northwest of Camden taking down powerlines. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | $5,000 | Spotter reported large branches down on a couple of homes on Lake Wateree on Beaver Creek road. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | $2,000 | Sheriff reported several trees down in the Liberty Hill area on Hwy 97. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | $1,000 | DOT reported a couple of trees down along Hwy 97. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | - | Emergency Manager reports a downed tree on Singleton Creek Road at Liberty Hill Road blocking the roadway. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | - | Kershaw County dispatch reported a tree fell along Hwy 97 at the post office. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | - | Tree down at the intersection of Beaver Creek Road and John G. Richards Road. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | - | Public reported a downed tree and a damaged transformer near a restaurant on Lake Wateree near SC Hwy 97 and Spring Rock Rd. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | - | A tree was downed on John G Richards Rd and Beaver Creek Rd. Time estimated. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | - | Tree down on Garden Spot Ln at Hwy 97. Time estimated. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Liberty Hill | - | Quarter size hail reported at Lake Wateree campground. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | - | Trees down at Lake Wateree Campground. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | - | A live tree was downed on Singleton Creek Rd near Lake Wateree. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | - | Three trees reported down on Peays Ferry Road and Highway 97. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | - | Sheriff's Dispatch reported trees down in the Liberty Hill area. |
| March 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Liberty Hill | - | Lancaster Deputy Emergency Manager and Kershaw Emergency Manager and DOT reported trees down running west to east just south of the Lancaster/Kershaw county line. This is the same cell that developed in northeast Fairfield county and continued into Chesterfield county. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Liberty Hill | - | Public reported penny size hail in the Liberty Hill area. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | - | Electric company reported powerlines down in the Liberty Hill and Cawtaba area. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Liberty Hill | - | Public reported golf ball size hail in the Liberty Hill area. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | - | Post Office reported powerlines down. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warrington | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Red Hill | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Stoneboro | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Robinson Crossroad | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Flat Rock | 8.9 miles | 19 | |
| Coats Crossroad | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Warren Crossroads | 10.0 miles | 15 | |
| Grannys Quarter (historical) | 10.4 miles | 19 |
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 Liberty Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988780 | 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 1246358. 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.








