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Point Park Estates, South Carolina

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Johns Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29455. The Survey maps it on the Legareville quadrangle.

Point Park Estates within Charleston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

189 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Point Park Estates between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,015 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined91
Debris and open burning63
Arson/incendiarism26
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2000Equipment and vehicle use15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 1999Debris 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

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Point Park Estates: 8 past producers, 6 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Brinson PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Land Associates PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Brinson PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducer
Edmondson PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducer
Land Associates PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducer
17 South Pit(Jacksonboro Rd Mine)Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Banks Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Banks Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brownswood MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Chaplan Landing MineSand 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
Humbert Woods0.7 miles22
Hickory Hill1.3 miles25
Stono Station1.7 miles25
Fenwick Crossroads1.7 miles22
Fenwick Hills1.7 miles22
Stafford Heights2.2 miles22
Point Pleasant (historical)2.5 miles19
Cedar Springs2.6 miles22

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 Q122557324The 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 1253135. 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.