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Woodland Hills, South Carolina

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Irmo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29210. It stands on Kinley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Irmo quadrangle.

Woodland Hills within Lexington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

254 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 254 fires within 5 miles of Woodland Hills between 1992 and 2019, burning about 358 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined112
Misuse of fire by a minor58
Arson/incendiarism28
Debris and open burning25
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
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
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder 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 1998Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth 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

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Woodland Hills: 6 past producers, 4 unknowns, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, Titanium, Zirconium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Granite. 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
Green HoleStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, GranitePast ProducerIgneous
Harleys Mill PondIron, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Brick Plant No. 2ClayPast Producer
Brick Plant No. 4ClayPast Producer
Broad River MineClayProducer
Broad River ShaleClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Corley Mill Rd PitClayProducerMetamorphic
Harbison MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Harbison MineClayPast Producer
Lexington County MineClayUnknownSedimentary

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
Grenadier0.5 miles20
Gardendale0.7 miles20
Saint Andrews0.7 miles20
Quail Hollow1.1 miles21
Oak Creek1.1 miles20
Pineglen1.1 miles20
Landmark1.2 miles20
Seven Oaks1.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231938. 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.