Old Vat, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Wando census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29492. The Survey maps it on the Cainhoy quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Old Vat within Berkeley County

On record in Old Vat

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 1 record

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

Cainhoy Historic Districtlisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1919 USGS Wando quadrangle1:21120, 5 printings
1943 USGS Wando quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1948 USGS James Island quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Cainhoy quadrangle1:24000, 3 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

Fires near this place

210 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 210 fires within 5 miles of Old Vat (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,770 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 68 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	68
Arson/incendiarism	68
Debris and open burning	48
Smoking	7
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Natural	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Other causes	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
20 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	7.8 acres	Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests	FROST
10 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 August 2006	Natural	6.2 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
22 August 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests	PLUM HOT
21 August 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	35 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
6 July 2007	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 July 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests	BLUENOTE
25 July 2012	Natural	6.7 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Old Vat (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, 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
	Wando Quadrangle	Titanium, Iron	Unknown	Placer , Modern , Beach

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
Wando	0.9 miles	18
Cainhoy	0.9 miles	18
Gehlkin (historical)	2.3 miles	16
Red Bank Landing	4.6 miles	16
Yellow House (historical)	4.9 miles	16
Charity	5.1 miles	13
Moreland	5.9 miles	12
Moreland Landing	6.0 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234582. 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.