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Pierpont, South Carolina

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the West Ashley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29414. It stands on Church Creek. The Survey maps it on the Johns Island quadrangle.

Pierpont within Charleston County

On record in Pierpont

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

30 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Pierpont between 1993 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 1998Debris 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Pierpont: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Charleston Region DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1867
Cross Country MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cross Creek MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mt Pleasant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
North Charleston PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Ware Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Ware Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Charleston County

Storms near this place

10 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pierpont in 10 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 2012Thunderstorm WindPierpont$11,000The public reported 10 large trees down and fence damage near Woodland Road and Wayne Scott Court.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindPierpont$4,000The public reported a tree down on a house along Bishop Drive in West Ashley.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindPierpont$1,250Law enforcement reported power lines down on Woodcliff Street.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindPierpont$1,000A 911 call center reported one tree down near the intersection of Ashley River Road and Pierpont Avenue.
November 2006Thunderstorm WindPierpont$1,000Traffic lights damaged at intersection of Highway 61 and Parsonage Rd.
September 2025Flash FloodPierpont-A resident reported water entering the garage of a home on Spinnaker Lane.
August 2024Flash FloodPierpont-A NWS employee reported that flood waters entered several businesses along Ashley River Road near Otis Avenue.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindPierpont-Charleston County dispatch reported a tree fell across a power line near the intersection of Church Creek Drive and Mona Avenue.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindPierpont-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Overrun Street near Bishop Drive.
April 2011HailPierpont-The public reported nickel size hail.

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
Parsonage Point0.3 miles25
Magnolia Ranch0.4 miles25
Dogwood Gardens0.5 miles25
Greenwood Park0.5 miles25
Church Creek0.7 miles25
Springfield0.8 miles25
Forest Lakes0.9 miles25
Ashley Harbor1.0 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231652. 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.