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Palmetto Fort, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Mount Pleasant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29466. The Survey maps it on the Fort Moultrie quadrangle.

Palmetto Fort within Charleston County

On record in Palmetto Fort

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

8 surveys from 17 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

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Palmetto Fort between 1992 and 2015, burning about 850 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined47
Debris and open burning31
Arson/incendiarism18
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
21 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.2 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 July 1998Natural7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Palmetto Fort: 3 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, Iron, Titanium, Zirconium. 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
Island PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Island PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducer
Isle of Palms (Area 1)Iron, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Beach
Isle of Palms (Area 2)Iron, Titanium, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Beach
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
Seaside Farms Estates1.7 miles17
Wando Estates1.7 miles17
Snowden2.1 miles17
Cassina Heights2.3 miles17
The Village2.5 miles17
Parish Place2.8 miles17
Moss Park2.9 miles17
Point Pleasant2.9 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122563242The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1253094. 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.