BlockLong Cove Plantation, South Carolina
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Hilton Head Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29928. It lies near Hilton Head Island. The Survey maps it on the Hilton Head quadrangle.
On record in Long Cove Plantation
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.
Rear Lighthouse of Hilton Head Range Light Stationlisted 1985 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1920 USGS Hilton Head quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Hilton Head quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Hilton Head quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Beaufort quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Long Cove Plantation between 1992 and 2012, burning about 131 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 June 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 May 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 May 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 April 1999 | Smoking | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Long Cove Plantation: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zirconium, Titanium, Thorium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Zirconium, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gumtree Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hilton Head Island | Zirconium, Titanium, Thorium | Unknown | Placer-Modern-Fluvial | |
| Hilton Head Island Deposit | REE, Zirconium, Titanium | Past Producer | 1879 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lighthouse Landing | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Sea Pines Circle | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Wexford Plantation | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Shipyard Plantation | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Shelter Cove | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Opossum Point Landing | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Bay Pines | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Palmetto Dunes | 1.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1237268. 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.