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Spring Hill, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Lexington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29073. It stands on Drafts Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lexington quadrangle.

Spring Hill within Lexington 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

477 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 477 fires within 5 miles of Spring Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 562 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined234
Misuse of fire by a minor92
Debris and open burning73
Arson/incendiarism29
Equipment and vehicle use19
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony11
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Fireworks1

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 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lexington County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Spring Hill: 4 unknowns, 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Casparis Stone QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1902
Harleys Mill PondIron, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Lexington MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Lexington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Corley Mill Rd PitClayProducerMetamorphic
Lexington County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Lexington County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Lexington County MinesClayProducer
Lexington County MinesClayProducer

Every working recorded in Lexington 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
Oak Crest0.2 miles13
Greyland Forest0.8 miles13
Spring Lake0.9 miles20
Peachtree Acres0.9 miles13
Oak Grove Estates0.9 miles13
Oakwood1.3 miles13
Varnarsdale1.3 miles20
Laurel Meadows1.3 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244393. 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.