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Hunley Park, South Carolina

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the North Charleston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29404. It stands on Popperdam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ladson quadrangle.

Hunley Park within Charleston County

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.

Fires near this place

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Hunley Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 224 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
4 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 July 2002Natural38 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 June 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 June 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hunley Park: 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. 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
North Charleston PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Truluck Pit NorthSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Truluck Pit NorthSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ware Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Ware Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Riverbend0.4 miles23
Lambs0.6 miles23
Forest Hills0.7 miles23
Runnymede1.3 miles23
Covington Hills1.9 miles25
Wilsonville2.3 miles23
Ashley Acres2.4 miles25
Wildwood2.5 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 Q122550916The 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 1252932. 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.