Highlands, South Carolina

23 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 29445. It stands on Lindley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ladson quadrangle.

Highlands within Berkeley County

On record in Highlands

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

St. James' Church, Goose CreekNational Historic Landmark · listed 1970 · 1.0 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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 Ladson quadrangle1:21120, 2 printings
1920 USGS Ravenels quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1943 USGS Ladson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1944 USGS Ravenels quadrangle1:62500
1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Ladson quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

286 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of Highlands between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,068 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 65 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	103
Arson/incendiarism	65
Debris and open burning	54
Misuse of fire by a minor	52
Recreation and ceremony	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Other causes	1
Fireworks	1
Natural	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
9 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1999	Railroad operations and maintenance	25 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2011	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not 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 Highlands: 1 plant, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Contained or Metal, 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
	C G Rowland Prospect	Iron	Prospect
	Mount Holly Aluminum Plant	Aluminum, Contained or Metal	Plant	1980

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
West Greenview Acres	0.5 miles	23
Goose Creek Heights	0.5 miles	23
Maple Ridge	0.5 miles	23
Goose Creek	0.6 miles	23
The Oaks	0.6 miles	23
Camelot Village	0.6 miles	23
Pineview Hills	1.0 miles	23
Shannon Park	1.4 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234519. 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.