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Gold Cup Springs, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Goose Creek-Hanahan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29410. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the North Charleston quadrangle.

Gold Cup Springs 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.

Fires near this place

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Gold Cup Springs between 1992 and 2018, burning about 248 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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 burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minor4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 June 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 June 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gold Cup Springs: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Ware Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Ware Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Dominion Hills0.6 miles16
Lakeview0.7 miles16
Melgrove (historical)1.1 miles16
Berkeley Hills1.1 miles23
The Farms1.3 miles23
Belvedere1.5 miles23
Highland Park1.8 miles23
Hanahan2.0 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122571825The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234496. 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.