Quail Hollow, South Carolina
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the West Columbia-Cayce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29169. It stands on Senn Branch. The Survey maps it on the Columbia North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1904 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Columbia North quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Columbia North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Columbia North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Columbia North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
271 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 271 fires within 5 miles of Quail Hollow between 1992 and 2019, burning about 385 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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 | 118 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 64 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Quail Hollow: 6 past producers, 5 producers, 4 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Thorium, Clay, Kaolin, Iron, Titanium, Zirconium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Hole | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Granite | Past Producer | Igneous | |
| Guignard Mill | Clay, Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Harleys Mill Pond | Iron, Titanium, Zirconium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial | |
| Westinghouse Elec. Corp--Columbia | Thorium | Unknown | ||
| Brick Plant No. 2 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Brick Plant No. 4 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Broad River Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Broad River Shale | Clay | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Corley Mill Rd Pit | Clay | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Duncan Lakes Mine | Clay | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Creek | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Saluda Hills | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Woodland Hills | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Grenadier | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Gardendale | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Westwood Hills | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Westover Acres | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Saint Andrews | 1.8 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244331. 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.










