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Spring Hill, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Dutch Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29036. The Survey maps it on the Chapin quadrangle.

Spring Hill within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

120 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Spring Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 187 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined56
Debris and open burning29
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Natural2

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
5 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Spring Hill: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unidentified MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand
Mcmeekin MineClayPast Producer
Mcmeekin Shale PitClayPast ProducerMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Richland County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Hill in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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
March 2008Tornado (EF1)Spring Hill$10,000The EF3 that hit Prosperity gradually weakened as it moved east into Northwest Richland county. Many trees were down and a few mobile homes had moderate damage.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSpring Hill$3,000Sheriff reported several trees down.
January 2024HailSpring Hill$100Pea size hail fell in the Portrait Hill neighborhood near Chapin Middle School.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSpring Hill-SC Highway Patrol reports a tree down along Pet Sites Rd. Time estimated by radar.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSpring Hill-SS Department of Public Safety reported a tree down in the roadway. Time estimated based on radar.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindSpring Hill-Downburst winds from a severe thunderstorm continued to move east across Richland County. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted in the Portrait Hill neighborhood near Chapin. Further east, trees were downed at Freshly Mill Rd and Carrie Shealy Rd, 2800 Kennerly Rd, Pineway Rd and Friendly Woods Rd, Muller Rd and Pinegrove Rd, Muddy Ford Rd and Wash Lever Rd, and along Interstate 77 north of Exit 28 (Blythewood Rd).
April 2018Thunderstorm WindSpring Hill-SC Highway Patrol reported trees down on Broad River Rd and Mike Stuck Rd.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSpring Hill-SCHP reported tree in roadway on Broad River Rd at Miller Eleazer Rd. Time estimated.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSpring Hill-Trees and power lines downed along Wash Lever Rd.

Every storm recorded in Richland 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
White Rock2.2 miles16
Summerville2.6 miles16
Hilton2.8 miles16
Ballentine4.4 miles20
Ballentine Landing4.9 miles20
East Lake5.9 miles20
Littleton5.9 miles18
Calla (historical)6.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1251002. 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.