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Berry Hill, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Ravenel-Hollywood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29470. It stands on Mellichamp Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ravenel quadrangle.

Berry Hill within Charleston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

203 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Berry Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 948 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 38 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 burning79
Missing data/not specified/undetermined73
Arson/incendiarism38
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
18 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charleston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Berry Hill: 5 unknowns, 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay. 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
Charleston Region DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1867
Land Associates PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Land Associates PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducer
Ravenels QuadrangleIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Beach
17 South Pit(Jacksonboro Rd Mine)Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Chaplan Landing MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Chaplin Landing Fill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Cleckley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Land Associates Mine # 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Truluck Pit SouthSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Charleston 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
Rantowles1.4 miles19
Point Pleasant (historical)2.1 miles19
Goshen3.1 miles17
Red Top3.2 miles25
Clementia (historical)3.6 miles17
Johns Island3.6 miles25
Shell Point3.6 miles25
Stono Station3.7 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231050. 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.