Ashepoo Siding, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Green Pond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29446. The Survey maps it on the Green Pond quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1918 USGS Green Pond quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Green Pond quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Green Pond quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Ashepoo Siding between 1994 and 2017, burning about 523 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 236 acres | Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge | CBFLDS96-1 |
| 10 July 2008 | Natural | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 May 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 65 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 April 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 March 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ashepoo Siding: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Peat. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airy Hall Peat Mine | Peat | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Green Pond Mine | Peat | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| T.T. Mine (Ti Ti Mine) | Peat | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fenwick | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Wiggins | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Bennetts Point | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Hickory Hill | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Ashepoo | 7.6 miles | 18 | |
| Green Pond | 8.9 miles | 18 | |
| Seabrook | 9.1 miles | 18 | |
| Jacksonboro | 9.5 miles | 16 |
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 Q122560785 | 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 1231015. 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.









