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Oakley, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Moncks Corner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29461. It stands on Molly Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mount Holly quadrangle.

Oakley within Berkeley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

377 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 377 fires within 5 miles of Oakley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,319 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 60 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
Debris and open burning160
Missing data/not specified/undetermined119
Arson/incendiarism60
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Other causes2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkeley County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Oakley: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Consolidated Enterprises Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Consolidated Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Unnamed Sand/Clay PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Berkeley County

Storms near this place

15 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakley in 15 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. 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
June 2008Thunderstorm WindOakley$1,500The public reported trees blocking the intersection of Cypress Garden Road and Highway 52 near Strawberry, South Carolina.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindOakley$750The public reported a 10 to 12 inch diameter pine tree knocked down by strong thunderstorm winds across Colony Post Loop Road in Spring Grove Plantation.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindOakley-A Berkeley County emergency manager reported a tree down on Trotters Lane.
August 2025Flash FloodOakley-Berkeley County Emergency Management reported the intersection of Foxbank Plantation Boulevard and Trotters Lane impassable and closed due to flash flooding.
August 2025Flash FloodOakley-Berkeley County Emergency Management reported the intersection Yorkshire Drive and Cypress Gardens Road impassable and closed due to flash flooding.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindOakley-A trained spotter reported a 12 inch diameter tree down along with several significant oak tree branches on Killarney Trail.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindOakley-Fire department personnel reported 5 large diameter trees either snapped off or uprooted. Trees were also leaning on power lines across the area.
June 2018HailOakley-A trained spotter reported penny size hail.
May 2009HailOakley-The public reported quarter size hail at the intersection of Cypress Gardens Road and Route 52 in Strawberry, South Carolina.
May 2008HailOakley-Ping Pong ball size hail was reported 5 miles south of Moncks Corner, South Carolina.
July 2008HailOakley-Nickel size hail was reported 2 miles northeast of Saint Johns, South Carolina.
June 2008HailOakley-Quarter size hail was reported by the public in Strawberry, South Carolina.
June 2008HailOakley-Quarter size hail was reported in Strawberry, South Carolina.
July 2008HailOakley-Nickel size hail was reported at the Berkeley County Country Club.
August 2007Flash FloodOakley-Parts of the Berkeley County Country Club were reported to be completely submerged by water.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Seaton0.7 miles19
Church Hill (historical)0.9 miles19
Bombaretta (historical)1.8 miles18
Locklair (historical)1.9 miles18
Hickory Hill2.2 miles19
Fox Bank (historical)2.2 miles19
Strawberry2.3 miles19
Wappoola2.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1225146. 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.