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Poverty Hill, South Carolina

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Southeast Edgefield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29860. It stands on Poverty Hill. The Survey maps it on the Martinez quadrangle.

Poverty Hill within Edgefield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

163 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Poverty Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 424 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined63
Debris and open burning40
Arson/incendiarism23
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1997Debris and open burning8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Edgefield County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Poverty Hill: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Augusta QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
North Augusta MineClayPast Producer
Unidentified MineClayUnknownSedimentary Kaolin

Every working recorded in Edgefield 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
Lake Forest Estates1.4 miles20
New Richmond (historical)1.9 miles25
Huntington Estates2.9 miles20
Lenoir (historical)2.9 miles25
Morgana3.8 miles25
Murphys Estates4.4 miles20
Crafton (historical)6.6 miles17
Highview (historical)7.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1250231. 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.