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Rock Hill, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winnsboro South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29180. It stands on Neckleys Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jenkinsville quadrangle.

Rock Hill within Fairfield County

On record in Rock Hill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Rock Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 568 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined67
Debris and open burning31
Equipment and vehicle use23
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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 2005Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2016Recreation and ceremony6.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fairfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Rock Hill: 6 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Dimension, 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
Dawkins Sand DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Leiper-Davis QuarryGranite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1900
Unidentified MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand
Unnamed Dimension Stone QuarryGranite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous Intrusion
Mcmeekin MineClayPast Producer
Mcmeekin Shale PitClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Richtex MineClayUnknownMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Fairfield County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rock Hill in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRock Hill$12,000Dispatch center reported numerous trees down in the southwest corner of the county.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindRock Hill$6,000Dispatch reported trees down around the Jenkinsville area.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRock Hill$4,000Sheriff reported several trees down near Hwy 215 and Glenns Bridge road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRock Hill-Trees down on Hwy 251 S at Wallaceville Rd. Time estimated.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRock Hill-Trees down and power poles broken at 16044 Hwy 215 S. Time estimated.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindRock Hill-Highway Patrol reported trees down on SC 215 at Wallaceville Road.

Every storm recorded in Fairfield 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
Jenkinsville2.1 miles15
Wallaceville2.7 miles16
Alston3.3 miles16
Parr4.2 miles15
Jennings5.3 miles18
Richtex6.1 miles18
Sueville (historical)7.3 miles15
Monticello7.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231736. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.