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Millwood, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mount Pleasant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29464. It stands on Shem Creek. The Survey maps it on the Charleston quadrangle.

Millwood within Charleston County

On record in Millwood

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Millwood between 1992 and 2012, burning about 203 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/undetermined8
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks1

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
7 July 2012Fireworks8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 June 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 May 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 May 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 April 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 April 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth 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 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Millwood: 3 producers, 3 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Thorium, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Charleston SmelterChromiumPlant
Airco AlloysIronUnknown
Charleston County MineREE, ThoriumProducer
Fort Moultrie QuadrangleZirconium, Titanium, Iron, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Beach
Island PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Island PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducer
East Copper #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
R & L PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Shell Point (Mt. Pleasant Pit)Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Yaupon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Cooper Estates0.4 miles18
The Groves0.5 miles18
Bayview Acres0.5 miles18
Brook Green Meadow0.6 miles17
Creekside Park0.8 miles17
Moultrie Heights0.8 miles17
Shemwood0.9 miles17
Mount Pleasant1.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1253017. 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.