Williamsburg County High Point Trip Report
38 areas
Date: March 1, 2003
Author: Ron Tagliapietra
While not quite as bad as it sounds (16 areas reduce to 7 because of quad splits), it was still pretty bad.
Six areas are the most likely candidates, in my opinion.
First and second are the two areas on the Workman quad. Use the eastern access road to this area; there are
no houses on the back dirt road. Third, the 98-foot spot elevation on US 378 at Highway 585 (Spring Street).
This is the largest area, and it spreads into four quads. The church to the west may be a little higher,
but it is down in every other direction (note the spot elevations along Spring Street of 96, 95, 96,
and 95 feet). Fourth, US 378 west of Highway 113 (Green Road.). This is probably lower than the
previous spot, but it is certainly higher than anything else around here according to the hand level.
Fifth, the two cemeteries (to stay on pavement, go down Spring Street, turn right at its end,
take the next right at the stop sign, and at the next right you will see the church and the first cemetery
and the end of the pavement).
Backtrack to where you made the second right, and go straight instead. Turn left at the next intersection
onto a dirt road. The first of the five small bands is the highest ground in this area.
I suspect that these are man-made though, especially the four on either side of irrigation ditches.
Note also that Highway 724 is Ed Street, and Highway 728 is Canal Road. Canal Road is paved from Ed Street
to Green Road, and crosses one of the hp areas. It crosses 3 more hp areas west of Ed Street but it is
not paved until it reaches 386 just before Spring Street. Finally, the county line road
(with Clarendon County) is paved from Highways 33/37 to just north of the highpoint area that the road crosses
(at which point pavement continues at the left fork into Clarendon County).