BlockOtter Hole, South Carolina
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Hilton Head Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29926. It lies near Hilton Head Island. The Survey maps it on the Hilton Head quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1920 USGS Hilton Head quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Hilton Head quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Hilton Head quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Beaufort quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Otter Hole between 1992 and 2014, burning about 274 acres in total. 2 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 | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge | BULL NO1 |
| 23 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 June 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 May 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 May 2014 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge | CANDICE FIRE |
| 22 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Otter Hole: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zirconium, Titanium, Thorium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Zirconium, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gumtree Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hilton Head Island | Zirconium, Titanium, Thorium | Unknown | Placer-Modern-Fluvial | |
| Hilton Head Island Deposit | REE, Zirconium, Titanium | Past Producer | 1879 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indigo Run | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Bram Landing | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Lighthouse Landing | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Shelter Cove | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Honey Horn Plantation | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Palmetto Dunes | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Long Cove Plantation | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Hilton Head Island | 1.8 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1237303. 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.