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Spring Hill, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ashwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29128. It stands on Spring Hill. The Survey maps it on the Spring Hill quadrangle.

Spring Hill within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

347 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 347 fires within 5 miles of Spring Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,109 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 34 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 burning153
Missing data/not specified/undetermined104
Arson/incendiarism34
Equipment and vehicle use20
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Smoking9
Natural8
Other causes4
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2002Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2001Arson/incendiarism10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Storms near this place

11 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Hill in 11 storm reports between 2000 and 2016: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 2015Thunderstorm WindSpring Hill$30,000Public reported shingles blown off a roof and two porches with roofs blown off along Jamestown Road.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindSpring Hill$6,000DOT reported several trees down along Rembert Church Road.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindSpring Hill$4,000Public reported trees down along I-20 near Exit 108.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindSpring Hill$4,000Black River Electric Coop reported trees and powerlines down on Church Camp road.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindSpring Hill$2,000Sheriff reported trees down on Spring Hill road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSpring Hill-Several trees down along Spring Hill Road near Rembert Church Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSpring Hill-Dispatch reported several trees down in the eastbound lane of I-20 near mile marker 111.
September 2015HailSpring Hill-Public, via Social Media, reported quarter size hail in Spring Hill.
August 2008HailSpring Hill-Sheriff reported golf ball size hail.
March 2002HailSpring Hill-Emergency manager reported golf ball size hail in Spring Hill.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindSpring Hill-Electric coop reported trees and powerlines down around the county.

Every storm recorded in Lee 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
Red Hill1.9 miles16
Woodrow5.1 miles16
Rose Hill5.6 miles16
McCabe (historical)6.8 miles16
Hammetts Crossroads6.8 miles16
Ashwood7.1 miles16
Aman (historical)7.1 miles16
Manville7.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1251001. 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.

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.