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Harristown, South Carolina

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the St. Stephen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29479. The Survey maps it on the Bonneau quadrangle.

Harristown within Berkeley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

828 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 828 fires within 5 miles of Harristown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,426 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 289 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/incendiarism289
Missing data/not specified/undetermined257
Debris and open burning232
Equipment and vehicle use18
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking8
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism30 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsHUNTER
6 September 1999Smoking30 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2006Arson/incendiarism12 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsWIGGINTOWN
17 September 2001Smokingunder an acreSouth 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 Harristown: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
St Stephens PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
St. Stephens Brick Co PitClayPast Producer1961

Every working recorded in Berkeley County

Storms near this place

9 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harristown in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHarristown$1,000The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Tobacco Road and Mendel Rivers Road.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHarristown$1,000The Berkeley County 911 Call Center reported a large tree down on Heaven Drive.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHarristown$1,000The Berkeley County 911 Call Center reported trees and power lines down on Greentown Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHarristown$1,000The Berkeley 911 call center relayed a report of a tree down along Arrowhead Road.
June 2008HailHarristown$500The public reported quarter to half dollar size hail. The hail was large enough to break a cars windshield.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHarristown-A Berkeley County emergency manager reported a tree down on Heaven Drive.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHarristown-The Berkeley County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on power lines near the intersection of Gravel Hill Road and Harristown Road.
August 2012HailHarristown-The public reported ping pong ball sized hail falling on Highway 17A near Mail Route Road.
April 2007HailHarristown-no account filed

Every storm 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
Harris Town1.9 miles9
Gravel Hill (historical)2.3 miles9
Wilder3.1 miles9
Wilder (historical)3.1 miles9
Matassee (historical)3.3 miles9
Alvin3.7 miles9
Saint Stephen3.8 miles9
Floricane (historical)5.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231366. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.