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Ashley Forest, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Summerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29485. The Survey maps it on the Stallsville quadrangle.

Ashley Forest within Dorchester County

On record in Ashley Forest

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

250 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Ashley Forest between 1992 and 2019, burning about 948 acres in total. None started naturally. 53 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
Debris and open burning83
Missing data/not specified/undetermined68
Arson/incendiarism53
Misuse of fire by a minor39
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2001Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2002Arson/incendiarism15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dorchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Ashley Forest: 5 unknowns, 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. 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
Evergreen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Murray MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Murray PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Summerville PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Dorchester Mine EastClayUnknownSedimentary
Dorchester Mine EastClayPast Producer
Dorchester Mine WestClayUnknownSedimentary
Dorchester Mine WestClayPast Producer
Newington Mine & MillClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dorchester 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
Dorchester Estates0.2 miles18
White Church Place0.3 miles18
Barney Ridge0.4 miles18
Crestwood0.5 miles18
Creekside0.6 miles18
Calomet Valley0.7 miles18
Ashborough0.8 miles18
Summerville Farms1.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1241035. 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.