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Forest Acres, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Goose Creek-Hanahan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29461. It stands on Tillmans Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mount Holly quadrangle.

Forest Acres within Berkeley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

665 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 665 fires within 5 miles of Forest Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,566 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 153 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/undetermined226
Debris and open burning216
Arson/incendiarism153
Misuse of fire by a minor38
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Smoking4
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2
Other causes2

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
9 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkeley County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Forest Acres: 4 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Contained or Metal. 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
Mount Holly Aluminum PlantAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant1980
Consolidated Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Janet MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Sand/Clay PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Consolidated Enterprises Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Kenyon Mine EastClayUnknownSedimentary
Kenyon Mine EastClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Berkeley 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
Windwood0.9 miles19
Pine Forest1.0 miles19
Chaparral Ranches1.6 miles19
Saint Johns1.9 miles19
Fox Bank (historical)2.2 miles19
Hickory Hill2.4 miles19
Groomville2.6 miles19
Carnes Crossroad2.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234489. 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.