Melgrove, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Goose Creek-Hanahan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29410. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the North Charleston quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Melgrove within Berkeley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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 Melgrove quadrangle1:21120, 3 printings
1940 USGS Melgrove quadrangle1:24000
1948 USGS James Island quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS North Charleston quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1968 USGS James Island quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS James Island quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1986 USGS James Island quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS James Island quadrangle1:100000
1998 USGS North Charleston quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Melgrove (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 314 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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	24
Debris and open burning	24
Misuse of fire by a minor	23
Arson/incendiarism	19
Recreation and ceremony	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Other causes	1
Fireworks	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
11 September 2011	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
27 August 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
14 August 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
14 August 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	4.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
14 August 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
7 July 2012	Fireworks	1.0 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Melgrove (historical): 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
C G Rowland Prospect	Iron	Prospect
Truluck Pit North	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Sedimentary
Truluck Pit North	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Ware Brothers Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Sedimentary
Ware Brothers Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

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
Berkeley Hills	1.0 miles	23
Dominion Hills	1.0 miles	16
Gold Cup Springs	1.1 miles	16
Lakeview	1.2 miles	16
Highland Park	1.5 miles	23
Belvedere	1.6 miles	23
The Farms	1.6 miles	23
Hanahan	1.6 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234552. 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.