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Johns Island, South Carolina

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the West Ashley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29455. It stands on Rantowles Creek. The Survey maps it on the Johns Island quadrangle. It stands 20 feet above sea level.

Johns Island within Charleston County

On record in Johns Island

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 2 records

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Johns Island between 1992 and 2020, burning about 636 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined58
Debris and open burning35
Arson/incendiarism21
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 July 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 1997Debris and open burning5.0 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

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Johns Island: 6 past producers, 4 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Charleston Region DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1867
Land Associates PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Land Associates PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducer
17 South Pit(Jacksonboro Rd Mine)Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Brownswood MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Chaplan Landing MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Chaplin Landing Fill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Cleckley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Murraywood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
North Charleston PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

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
Shell Point0.2 miles25
Red Top1.0 miles25
Ponderosa1.4 miles25
Sandy2.0 miles25
Limehouse Station2.1 miles25
Stono Station2.2 miles25
Rantowles2.2 miles19
Hickory Hill2.6 miles25

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 Q136135358The 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 1223593. 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.