Gehlkin, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Wando census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29492. It stands on Martin Creek. The Survey maps it on the North Charleston quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Gehlkin within Berkeley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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 Melgrove quadrangle1:21120, 3 printings
1940 USGS Melgrove quadrangle1:24000
1948 USGS James Island quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS North Charleston 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
1998 USGS North Charleston quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Gehlkin (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,711 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 25 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	48
Debris and open burning	27
Arson/incendiarism	25
Smoking	5
Natural	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Other causes	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
4 August 2006	Natural	6.2 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	35 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
6 July 2007	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
22 July 2011	Debris and open burning	197 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.6 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
19 July 2006	Debris and open burning	2.8 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
14 July 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
14 July 1993	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkeley County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gehlkin (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Wando Quadrangle	Titanium, Iron	Unknown	Placer , Modern , Beach

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Old Vat (historical)	2.3 miles	18
Yellow House (historical)	2.6 miles	16
Cainhoy	3.1 miles	18
Wando	3.1 miles	18
Red Bank Landing	3.5 miles	16
Remleys (historical)	4.3 miles	18
Gold Cup Springs	5.2 miles	16
Lakeview	5.8 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234494. 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.