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Shiloh Heights, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Aiken census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29801. The Survey maps it on the Aiken quadrangle.

Shiloh Heights within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

496 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 496 fires within 5 miles of Shiloh Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,937 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 47 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/undetermined193
Debris and open burning142
Misuse of fire by a minor48
Arson/incendiarism47
Equipment and vehicle use23
Natural22
Smoking8
Other causes5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2

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 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2008Debris and open burning8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2017Smoking2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Shiloh Heights: 25 past producers, 12 unknowns, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin. 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
Aiken MineKaolinProducer
Rodgers-Younce MineKaolinUnknown
Finley Sand and Clay PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Finley Sand and Clay PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gene Williams Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mine Number 47Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Mine Number 47Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand and Clay PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unidentified MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unidentified MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hillview0.4 miles18
Forrest Park0.8 miles18
Balltown1.0 miles18
Croft1.5 miles18
Crosland Park1.7 miles18
Pinecrest2.1 miles18
Six Points2.5 miles18
Aiken Heights2.8 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122563655The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1236535. 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.