Wachovia Hills, South Carolina

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Darlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29506. It lies near Witherspoon Island. The Survey maps it on the Witherspoon Island quadrangle.

Wachovia Hills within Darlington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

1943 USGS Gum Swamp quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Witherspoon Island quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Wachovia Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,154 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 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	35
Debris and open burning	28
Arson/incendiarism	20
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Natural	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Smoking	2

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
18 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 2002	Natural	5.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
29 August 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
25 August 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
17 August 2007	Natural	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
16 August 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	45 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Darlington County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wachovia Hills: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Asphalt Plant #8	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Sedimentary
Black Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Old Brownsville Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Quinby Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Darlington 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
Howards Crossroads	4.4 miles	7
Mechanicsville	4.7 miles	7
Crestview	4.9 miles	7
Meadow Brook	5.2 miles	7
Hillside	5.7 miles	7
Palmetto	7.8 miles	7
Pepper Ridge	8.1 miles	7
Woodcreek	8.3 miles	7

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 Q122560814

The 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 1252245. 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.