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Myers, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Charleston Central census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29405. It stands on Newmarket Creek. The Survey maps it on the Charleston quadrangle.

Myers within Charleston County

On record in Myers

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 6 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

15 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Myers between 1993 and 2015, burning about 185 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks1
Natural1

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
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2012Fireworks8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 June 2015Natural3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 May 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 April 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 March 1998Arson/incendiarism40 acresSouth 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Myers: 3 producers, 1 unknown, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 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
Cross Country MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cross Creek MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mt Pleasant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Charleston County

Storms near this place

9 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Myers in 9 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 7 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
October 2015Flash FloodMyers$728,550Law enforcement and social media images indicated several road closures due to flooding in downtown Charleston. Road intersections closed included North Market Street at East Bay Street, South Market Street at Meeting Street, Huger Street at King Street, Line Street at Hagood Avenue, Nassau Street at Cooper Street, Hagood Avenue at Fishburne Street, President Street at Cannon Street and the Crosstown Expressway. Up to a foot of water was also reported in some homes in Middleton Place within Wagener Terrace.
October 2015Flash FloodMyers$728,550Law enforcement and media reported several roads closed due to flooding in North Charleston and Hanahan. Roads and intersections closed included Rivers Avenue between Reynolds Avenue and Success Street, Rivers Avenue at the intersection of Eagle Drive and the intersection of Otranto Road, Spruill Avenue at the intersection with Buist Avenue, Remount Road at the intersection with Blackwell Street and Dorchester Road at the intersection with Transfer Street. Water in excess of 3 feet depth was also entering at least one home in the 2000 block of Little Avenue with residents being escorted from their property by law enforcement. Macon Avenue at the intersection with Meeting Street was also closed due to a portion of the road collapsing.
August 2025Flash FloodMyers-Emergency management reported the intersections of Meeting Street and Huger Street, as well as King Street and Huger Street closed due to flooding. A few vehicles were also flooded across the Downtown Charleston Peninsula.
September 2025Flash FloodMyers-Charleston Police Department reported a large section of Morrison Drive was closed due to flooding. The closed section began at the intersection with Brigade Street, continued to Huger Street, and ended at Columbus Street.
August 2024Flash FloodMyers-The City of Charleston reported over 60 roads closed across the city due to flooding. The City of Charleston web page indicated that all primary access points to the Charleston Peninsula were closed to incoming traffic due to widespread flooding.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMyers-A report relayed via social media indicated a large tree down along Peachtree Street.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMyers-An off duty National Weather Service employee reported a large metal sign bent by strong winds along Interstate 26 west just south of the Spruill Avenue exit.
August 2015Flash FloodMyers-The media reported Highway 52 near 4 Mile Lane impassable due to flooding.
June 2013Flash FloodMyers-Law enforcement reported Spruill Avenue closed at the Interstate 26 off ramp due to flooding. Law enforcement also reported parts of Joppa Avenue, Kingworth Avenue and Little Avenue also closed due to flooding.

Every storm 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
Garden Hill0.4 miles18
Hibernian Heights0.7 miles18
Rosemont0.9 miles18
Union Heights1.6 miles18
Grove Creek Village1.8 miles18
Windsor Place1.8 miles18
Daniel Jenkins Homes1.8 miles18
Gadsden Green Homes1.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231579. 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.