BlockBefore

Deer Park, South Carolina

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the North Charleston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29406. The Survey maps it on the Ladson quadrangle.

Deer Park within Charleston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

308 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 308 fires within 5 miles of Deer Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 915 acres in total. None started naturally. 75 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/undetermined99
Arson/incendiarism75
Misuse of fire by a minor65
Debris and open burning59
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
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
22 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Deer Park: 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 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
C G Rowland ProspectIronProspect
Truluck Pit NorthSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Truluck Pit NorthSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Charleston County

Storms near this place

10 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deer Park in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2010Heavy RainDeer Park$10,000Local media reported a 73 year old woman drowned after she drove off a parking lot into a retention pond. Witnesses say she could not see the sharp drop-off from the parking lot to the retention pond due to heavy rain at the time. The woman was transported to Roper Hospital where she was pronounced dead due to drowning.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindDeer Park$2,000The public reported trees and power lines down along Highway 52 and Ladson Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDeer Park$1,000One tree down on Deer Ridge Lane.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindDeer Park$500A trained weather spotter reported a tree down on Interstate 26, near Ladson, South Carolina.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindDeer Park-Power lines reported down near the intersection of Rivers Avenue with Otranto Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDeer Park-A large tree limb reported down by Interstate 26 eastbound around mile marker 207. The branch was about four inches in diameter and about eight feet long. Report received through social media.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDeer Park-A tree was blown down and was blocking Nova Court near the Newport Place intersection.
August 2015Flash FloodDeer Park-Broadcast media reported the intersection of Greenridge Road and Crossroads Drive closed due to flooding.
May 2011HailDeer Park-The public reported ping pong ball size hail along the Highway 78 and Highway 52 Connector, 2 miles east-southeast of Ladson, South Carolina.
August 2011HailDeer Park-Law enforcement reported golf ball size hail near the intersection of Tricom Street and Highway 78.

Every storm 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
Pleasant Hills0.3 miles23
Deerwood Heights0.9 miles23
Otranto1.3 miles23
Woodstock1.3 miles23
Northwood Estates1.6 miles23
Colony North1.6 miles23
Pepperhill2.6 miles23
Ashley Heights2.7 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231217. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.