Pleasant Hill, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pleasant Hill-Folly Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29554. The Survey maps it on the Outland quadrangle.
On record in Pleasant Hill
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.
- Pleasant Hill Consolidated Schoollisted 1998 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1943 USGS Outland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Outland quadrangle1:31680
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
349 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 349 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,916 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 70 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 140 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 103 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 70 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2011 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Hill in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | $3,000 | Trees were reported down along Pleasant Hill Drive near the W T Owens Store. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on Barnhill Road near the intersection with Mention Avenue. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | - | Tree reported down on Bullard Road near intersection with Pleasant Hill Drive. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | - | The Emergency Manager in Georgetown County surveyed damage in the Pleasant Hill community at the intersection of Bullard Road and Pleasant Hill Drive. Shingles were blown off of five homes. Several trees, as tall as sixty feet, were snapped and some were lying across roadways. One mobile home was pushed from its foundation. The damage was the result of straight-line winds estimated at up to 65 mph. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | - | Several trees down and a tin roof blown off barn...reported by Georgetown Co. EOC |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | - | Trees down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | - | Power lines down on Highway 513. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | - | ,,,,,,,,Hail (0.5) |
| June 1998 | Hail | Pleasant Hill | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Pleasant Hill | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owens | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Barnhill | 1.5 miles | 8 | |
| Huggins Crossroads | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Rogers Crossroads | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Midway Crossroads | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Center Crossroads | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Carters Crossroads | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Miller Crossroads | 3.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1225543. 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.
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.





