BlockParkhill, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Edgefield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29824. The Survey maps it on the Edgefield quadrangle.
On record in Parkhill
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.
Darby Plantationlisted 1974 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Edgefield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
134 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Parkhill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 754 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 8 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 | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | TRENTON |
| 27 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 75 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Parkhill: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgefield Granite Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Igneous Intrusion | |
| Unidentified Granite Quarry | Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Igneous Intrusion |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huets Crossroads | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Edgefield | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pine House Crossroads | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Trenton | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Bouknight | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Rotalata | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Harmony | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Swearingen (historical) | 4.2 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231634. 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.