Farmington, 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 lies near James Island. The Survey maps it on the James Island quadrangle.

Farmington 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.

1919 USGS James Island quadrangle1:21120, 2 printings
1943 USGS James Island quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1948 USGS James Island quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS James Island quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1968 USGS James Island quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS James Island quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1986 USGS James Island quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS James Island quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

15 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Farmington between 1994 and 2015, burning about 110 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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	5
Arson/incendiarism	4
Debris and open burning	3
Natural	2
Recreation and ceremony	1

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
26 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 1999	Natural	4.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
16 July 2015	Natural	75 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 April 2006	Arson/incendiarism	7.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 April 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
29 April 2001	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
28 April 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Farmington: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
(Facility) Charleston Smelter	Chromium	Plant
Airco Alloys	Iron	Unknown
Brinson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay	Unknown	Sedimentary
Brinson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay	Producer
Charleston County Mine	REE, Thorium	Producer
Cross Country Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Cross Creek Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Edmondson Hauling Pit 2	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
Whitehouse Plantation	0.2 miles	15
Landsdowne	0.3 miles	15
Lynnwood	0.4 miles	15
Quail Run	0.4 miles	15
Oakcrest	0.5 miles	15
Honey Hill	0.5 miles	15
Greencrest	0.5 miles	15
Teal Acres	0.6 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1252835. 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.