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North Hills Estates, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Greenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29653. The Survey maps it on the Cokesbury quadrangle.

North Hills Estates within Greenwood County

On record in North Hills Estates

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

291 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 291 fires within 5 miles of North Hills Estates between 1992 and 2019, burning about 659 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined181
Debris and open burning52
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Smoking12
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenwood County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of North Hills Estates: 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Aluminum, 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
Benjamin Granite QuarryStone, DimensionUnknownIgneous
Mrs. Mary Robinson PropertyAluminum, KaolinProspect
Greenwood Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownMetamorphic
Greenwood QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wilson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerIgneous Intrusion

Every working recorded in Greenwood 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
Roman Acres0.5 miles14
Northfall Acres0.9 miles15
Wellington Green1.3 miles15
Forest Hills1.7 miles15
Cherokee Hills1.8 miles15
Idlewood1.9 miles15
Windtree2.0 miles15
Ponderosa Heights2.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234189. 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.