Maple Ridge, 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.

Maple Ridge within Berkeley 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.

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

261 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Maple Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,105 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 58 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	95
Arson/incendiarism	58
Debris and open burning	50
Misuse of fire by a minor	47
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Recreation and ceremony	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
13 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	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	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
6 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	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 Maple Ridge: 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	0.4 miles	23
Highlands	0.5 miles	23
Goose Creek	0.9 miles	23
Goose Creek Heights	0.9 miles	23
The Oaks	1.0 miles	23
Willowbrook	1.1 miles	23
Camelot Village	1.1 miles	23
Pineview Hills	1.3 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234548. 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.