Schultz Hill, South Carolina

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the North Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29841. The Survey maps it on the Augusta East quadrangle.

Schultz Hill within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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.

1921 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1943 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Augusta East quadrangle1:125000
1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Augusta East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1982 USGS Barnwell quadrangle1:100000
1995 USGS Augusta East quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

259 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of Schultz Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,022 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 46 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	88
Debris and open burning	58
Arson/incendiarism	46
Misuse of fire by a minor	39
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Other causes	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Smoking	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Fireworks	2
Natural	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 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1997	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2012	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2013-RICHMOND-002
2 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	2.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-RICHMOND-012

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Schultz Hill: 8 unknowns, 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Brick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Clay Preparation Plant	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Foster's Lane Pit	Brick Clay	Occurrence
Horse Creek	Titanium, Zirconium, REE, Thorium	Unknown	Placer-Modern-Fluvial
Horse Creek	REE	Past Producer
Unidentified Mine(Horse Creek Mine)	Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Titanium	Past Producer	Sedimentary Kaolin
Augusta Sand and Gravel Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Unconsolidated Sediments
Clearwater Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Sedimentary
Clearwater Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Kellos Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
No. 2 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hamburg	0.6 miles	21
Carolina Heights	0.6 miles	21
Brigham Woods	0.6 miles	21
Summerfields	0.9 miles	21
Mealing Heights	1.0 miles	21
Monticello Estates	1.2 miles	21
Crestland	1.4 miles	20
Edgefield Heights	1.5 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231782. 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.