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Richmond Hills, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29617. The Survey maps it on the Paris Mountain quadrangle.

Richmond Hills within Greenville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Richmond Hills between 1992 and 2018, burning about 496 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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 burning46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural3

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
25 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2009Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1998Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Richmond Hills: 4 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica, Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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
C H Ellis ProspectMicaProspect
Saluda Lake MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Unnamed Crushed Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, GraniteUnknownMetamorphic
Greenville MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thomas Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
W.F. Thomas Sand CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Zupan Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Zupan Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Greenville 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
Stratford Forest1.1 miles13
Montague1.2 miles13
Western Hills1.4 miles13
Sharon Park1.5 miles13
Mountain Shadows1.6 miles13
Berea Forest1.9 miles13
Northwood Hills1.9 miles13
High View Acres2.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1245333. 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.