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Clarks Point, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the James Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29412. It stands on Wolfpit Run. The Survey maps it on the James Island quadrangle.

Clarks Point within Charleston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Clarks Point between 1994 and 2015, burning about 116 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 1999Natural4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2012Fireworks8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 July 2015Natural75 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 April 2006Arson/incendiarism7.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 April 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 April 2001Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 April 2006Debris and open burningunder 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Clarks Point: 4 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, REE. 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
(Facility) Charleston SmelterChromiumPlant
Airco AlloysIronUnknown
Brinson PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Brinson PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducer
Charleston County MineREE, ThoriumProducer
Cross Country MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cross Creek MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Edmondson Hauling Pit 2Sand 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
Creek Point0.3 miles15
Battery Point0.3 miles15
Riverview0.3 miles15
Riverpoint0.6 miles15
Whitehouse Plantation0.6 miles15
Lawton Bluff0.6 miles15
Bayfront0.6 miles15
Green Hill0.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1252785. 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.