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New Holland, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Wagener census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29164. The Survey maps it on the Seivern quadrangle.

New Holland within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

249 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 249 fires within 5 miles of New Holland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,594 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined76
Debris and open burning74
Arson/incendiarism30
Equipment and vehicle use23
Natural21
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Other causes4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony1
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
6 September 2018Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Arson/incendiarism12 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2018Debris and open burning4.0 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of New Holland: 3 producers, 3 unknowns, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin, Sand. 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 MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Bell Kaolin MineKaolinProducer
Aiken County Mine Number 2ClayUnknownSedimentary
Aiken County Mine Number 2ClayPast Producer
Bell Kaolin MineClayProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Laughlin MineClayProducerSedimentary
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified ProspectsClayUnknownSedimentary Kaolin

Every working recorded in Aiken County

Storms near this place

9 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Holland in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 3 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2002LightningNew Holland3 hurtThree men in a metal shed were struck and injured by lightning, none seriously.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindNew Holland$16,000NWS and Emergency Manager found numerous trees down with minor damage to a couple of homes.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Holland$500Highway Patrol reported a tree down across the road at the intersection of Camp Rawls Road and Magpie Street.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Holland$500Highway Patrol reported a tree in the roadway at Kennedy Pond Road and Trotter Road.
April 2022HailNew Holland$10Pea size hail reported at New Holland VFD at New Holland Rd and Cooks Bridge Rd.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindNew Holland-Tree down in roadway intersection of Poplar Springs Road and Bass Pond Road.
July 2003HailNew Holland-Sheriff reported one and a half inch hail on hwy 39 near New Holland.
July 2002HailNew Holland-Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail in New Holland.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindNew Holland-Sheriff reported trees down and damage to homes and mobile homes in New Holland and at hwys 694/695.

Every storm 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
New Holland Crossroads0.7 miles12
Barefoot0.9 miles12
Camp Rawls2.8 miles12
Oak Grove4.2 miles16
Foxtown4.4 miles16
Seivern4.5 miles12
Chaffee (historical)4.8 miles12
Earle (historical)4.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1249807. 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.