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New Hill, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Union census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29379. The Survey maps it on the Union East quadrangle.

New Hill within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

221 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of New Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 456 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined119
Debris and open burning56
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2002Misuse of fire by a minor2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2001Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union 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 New Hill: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hyder Farm QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous

Every working recorded in Union 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
Monarch0.7 miles12
Union2.0 miles12
Carem2.3 miles12
South Hills2.8 miles12
Sardis4.4 miles12
Goat Alley4.5 miles12
Bonham4.6 miles12
Gregory (historical)4.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1232991. 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.