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Quail Hollow, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Aiken census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29803. The Survey maps it on the Aiken quadrangle.

Quail Hollow within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

261 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Quail Hollow between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,187 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined103
Debris and open burning77
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Natural20
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Other causes1
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
9 September 1999Natural3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Natural29 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Quail Hollow: 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Aiken MineKaolinProducer
Rodgers-Younce MineKaolinUnknown
Aiken County Pit EastClayPast Producer
Unidentified MineClayProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin

Every working recorded in Aiken 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
College Acres1.1 miles18
Hunters Glen1.2 miles18
Dogwood Manor1.3 miles18
Elmwood Park1.4 miles18
Talatha Farms1.6 miles18
Barclay Park1.8 miles18
Brookhaven Estates1.9 miles18
Ansley Park1.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236489. 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.