BlockRichmond Hill, South Carolina
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Waccamaw Neck census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29576. It lies near Richmond Island. The Survey maps it on the Brookgreen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Brookgreen quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 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
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Richmond Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,222 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 72 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 July 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wachesaw Landing | 0.4 miles | 11 | |
| Carriage Run | 0.5 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Hill | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Live Oaks | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Captains Cove | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Wayside Forest | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Wachesaw Place | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Moss Creek | 1.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1232442. 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.