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Harbor View, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the James Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29412. It lies near Plum Island. The Survey maps it on the Charleston quadrangle.

Harbor View within Charleston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Harbor View between 1994 and 2015, burning about 103 acres in total. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2012Fireworks8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 July 2015Natural75 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 April 2006Arson/incendiarism7.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 April 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 April 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 April 2012Recreation and ceremony1.4 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 March 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Harbor View: 4 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Charleston SmelterChromiumPlant
Airco AlloysIronUnknown
Brinson PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Brinson PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducer
Charleston County MineREE, ThoriumProducer
Cross Country MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cross Creek MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mt Pleasant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Country Club Estates0.5 miles18
Dogwood Park0.9 miles18
Lakeview of Lawton Bluff1.0 miles15
Battery Point1.0 miles15
Laurel Park1.0 miles18
Bayfront1.1 miles15
Wappo Heights1.2 miles18
Clarks Point1.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1252905. 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.