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Chandler, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Mount Pleasant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29429. It stands on Alston Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sewee Bay quadrangle.

Chandler within Charleston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

197 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Chandler between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,086 acres in total. None started naturally. 60 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/undetermined83
Arson/incendiarism60
Debris and open burning43
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
21 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.2 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 June 2000Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsROLAIDS
4 June 2000Debris and open burning6.0 acresSouth 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Chandler: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Iron, Zirconium. 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
Sewee Bay QuadrangleTitanium, Iron, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Beach

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
Ten Mile1.3 miles13
Woodville1.9 miles13
Whitehall Terrace2.3 miles14
Porcher Bluff3.5 miles17
Philip4.3 miles18
Moores Landing4.8 miles13
Martins Point Landing5.5 miles18
Palmetto Fort6.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1229540. 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.