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Belle Isle Gardens, South Carolina

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Georgetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29440. The Survey maps it on the Georgetown South quadrangle.

Belle Isle Gardens within Georgetown County

On record in Belle Isle Gardens

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

7 surveys from 10 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

131 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Belle Isle Gardens between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,066 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 33 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/undetermined45
Debris and open burning38
Arson/incendiarism33
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
24 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2001Arson/incendiarism15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2005Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 2001Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Georgetown County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Belle Isle Gardens: 4 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Georgetown Steel/ Georgetown, S.C.IronUnknown
Ford Tract MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Meurisena Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Unknown Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Georgetown 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
White Hall Estates0.2 miles10
Belle Isle Estates0.2 miles10
San Miguel De Gualdape (historical)2.6 miles10
Maryville2.7 miles10
Strawberry3.0 miles10
Denny Corner3.4 miles9
Friendfield4.0 miles9
Moyd4.5 miles10

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 Q122556574The 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 1245044. 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.