Clementia, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Ravenel-Hollywood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29449. It stands on Church Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wadmalaw Island quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Clementia within Charleston County

On record in Clementia

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.

Towles Farmsteadlisted 1994 · 0.3 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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.

1919 USGS Wadmalaw Island quadrangle1:24000
1919 USGS Wadmelaw Island quadrangle1:62500
1944 USGS Wadmelaw Island quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Wadmalaw Island quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

214 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Clementia (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 875 acres in total. None started naturally. 42 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/undetermined	82
Debris and open burning	78
Arson/incendiarism	42
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
22 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
2 August 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
9 July 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	15 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 July 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 June 2002	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 June 2001	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
18 June 2006	Railroad operations and maintenance	5.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charleston 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 Clementia (historical): 7 unknowns, 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Land Associates Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay	Unknown	Sedimentary
Land Associates Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay	Producer
Ravenels Quadrangle	Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium	Unknown	Placer , Modern , Beach
Wadmalaw	Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium	Unknown	Placer , Modern , Beach
17 South Pit(Jacksonboro Rd Mine)	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Banks Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Sedimentary
Banks Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Chaplan Landing Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Chaplin Landing Fill Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Sedimentary
Cleckley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Sedimentary

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Goshen	0.7 miles	17
New Cut Landing	1.4 miles	17
Point Pleasant (historical)	2.7 miles	19
Meggett	2.9 miles	17
Hollywood	3.1 miles	17
Yonges Island	3.2 miles	17
Berry Hill	3.6 miles	19
Humbert Woods	3.9 miles	22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1252787. 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.