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Limehouse, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hardeeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29927. The Survey maps it on the Limehouse quadrangle. It stands 20 feet above sea level.

Limehouse within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

512 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 512 fires within 5 miles of Limehouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,559 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 116 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/undetermined216
Debris and open burning131
Arson/incendiarism116
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSavannah RefugesTAXI FIRE
7 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper 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 Limehouse: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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
Jordan Mine - Highway 46SandUnknownSedimentary
Purry MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Jasper County

Storms near this place

11 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Limehouse in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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 2021LightningLimehouse$1,000A picture via social media indicated a tree down and blocking one lane on Highway 170 about 2 miles east of the Savannah River.
January 2014Thunderstorm WindLimehouse$1,000SC Highway Patrol reported a tree down at the intersection of Freedom Parkway and Berkeley Hall Road.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindLimehouse$1,000Between thirty and forty 3 to 4 inch diameter tree branches were reported down at Pintail Creek Golf Club.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindLimehouse$500Warning Point reported a tree down on powerlines near the intersection of Freedom Parkway and Ford Lane.
July 2025Tornado (EF0)Limehouse-A National Weather Service storm survey team confirmed an EF-0 tornado within the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge in Jasper County. The tornado touched down just east of Plantation Island Trail where it snapped some small tree limbs and the tops of some trees. The tornado moved toward the north-northwest, snapping more small tree limbs, before crossing Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive and ending just south of Highway 170.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindLimehouse-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported multiple trees down on SC 170 in the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindLimehouse-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at the intersection of Levy Road and Freedom Parkway.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindLimehouse-A trained spotter reported a tree down near the intersection of Route 170 and Route 17.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindLimehouse-Law enforcement reported a tree down on Shady Oak Circle.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLimehouse-Jasper County dispatch reported a large tree limb down blocking traffic at the intersection of Plantation Drive and S Okatie Highway.
May 2009HailLimehouse-The broadcast media reported nickel size hail in Bellinger Hill on Okatie Highway 4 miles south of Hardeeville, South Carolina.

Every storm recorded in Jasper 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
Levy2.3 miles15
Cook Landing3.9 miles15
Good Hope Landing4.6 miles17
Hardeeville5.2 miles17
Mill Stone Landing5.7 miles17
Morgan6.3 miles17
Purysburgh6.4 miles17
Turnbridge Landing6.5 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on LimehouseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16894168The 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 1231480. 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.