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Pinecrest, 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 29407. The Survey maps it on the Johns Island quadrangle.

Pinecrest within Charleston County

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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Pinecrest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 147 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
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
7 July 2012Fireworks8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Pinecrest: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, REE. 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
Airco AlloysIronUnknown
Brinson PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Brinson PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducer
Charleston County MineREE, ThoriumProducer
Brownswood MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cross Country MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cross Creek MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mt Pleasant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Murraywood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Charleston County

Storms near this place

24 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinecrest in 24 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 16 thunderstorm wind, 4 lightning, 3 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
October 2015Flash FloodPinecrest$728,550Firefighters reported water entering homes near the intersection of Wapoo Road and Elsey Drive. The intersection of West Oak Forest Drive and Oak Forest Drive was also closed due to flooding.
September 2022LightningPinecrest$10,000A residential structure fire due to lightning was reported. No injuries occurred.
September 2022LightningPinecrest$10,000The Charleston Fire Department reported a residential structure fire due to a lightning strike.
January 2017LightningPinecrest$10,000Charleston County dispatch reported a house fire on Headquarters Plantation Island started by a lightning strike.
June 2009LightningPinecrest$10,000A newspaper article indicated that a house was struck by lightning and caught on fire in Headquarters Plantation off the Maybank Highway in Johns Island, South Carolina.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindPinecrest$2,250The Charleston Police Department reported a tree and power lines down on Wateree Drive.
September 2014Flash FloodPinecrest$1,000Elsey Drive was reported closed near the intersection with LaSalle Avenue due to flash flooding.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindPinecrest$1,000The Charleston County 911 call center reported a tree down at the 1300 block of White Drive.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindPinecrest$1,000The South Carolina Department of Highways reported a tree down near the intersection of Savannah Highway and Orleans Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPinecrest$1,000NWS employee reported one tree down along River Road and Maybank Road.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindPinecrest$1,000Law enforcement reported a tree down at the intersection of Betsy Road and Sanford Road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindPinecrest-A report received via social media indicated a tree down on Wappoo Road.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindPinecrest-Public reports were received of trees down on Millcreek Drive, south of Highway 17. An NWS employee surveyed the area and found as many as 8 to 10 medium to large sized trees down across several streets. The most concentrated wind damaged was noted between Cessna Avenue and Millcreek Street. The trees missed homes, but one did fall on a small greenhouse.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindPinecrest-A report via social media indicated a tree down near the intersection of Shelley Road and Keats Road.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindPinecrest-The media relayed a report of a large water oak down crushing a car and blocking Hinson Avenue near Medway Road in the Riverland Terrace neighborhood.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindPinecrest-The media reported a tree down beside a house on Opal Avenue.
April 2017HailPinecrest-A report via amateur radio indicated quarter size hail near the intersection of Highway 61 and Glenn McConnell Parkway.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindPinecrest-A member of the local broadcast media passed along a report of a tree down at a car dealership on Highway 17 which damaged at least one vehicle.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPinecrest-A NWS employee reported at least two large tree limbs down near the 500 block of Stinson Drive.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPinecrest-The public reported a large tree down and across Rushland Landing Road on Johns Island, blocking access to the neighborhood.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindPinecrest-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down across Maybank Highway near the intersection with Fenwich Hall Allee.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindPinecrest-An off duty National Weather Service employee reported a large tree down near the intersection of Interstate 526 and Highway 17.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindPinecrest-An off duty NWS employee estimated a 60 mph wind gust on Maybank Bridge.
August 2012Flash FloodPinecrest-A trained spotter reports that Emory Avenue is flooded and only passable by tall trucks. Many yards are flooded and water is surrounding some homes.

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
Orleans Woods0.4 miles25
Ashley Hall Manor0.6 miles25
Orleans Estates0.6 miles25
Heathwood0.7 miles25
Sherwood Forest0.7 miles25
Castlewood0.8 miles25
Saint Andrews Heights0.8 miles25
Murry Hill0.8 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231660. 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.