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Point Pleasant, 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 29464. The Survey maps it on the Fort Moultrie quadrangle.

Point Pleasant within Charleston County

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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Point Pleasant between 1992 and 2015, burning about 576 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined24
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
Natural1
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
7 July 2012Fireworks8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 June 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution29 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 June 2001Natural40 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 June 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 May 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 May 2000Debris and open burning5.0 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 Point Pleasant: 3 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Thorium, 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
Airco AlloysIronUnknown
Fort Moultrie QuadrangleZirconium, Titanium, Iron, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Beach
Island PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Island PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducer
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
Somerset Point0.2 miles17
Parish Place0.3 miles17
I'On1.0 miles18
Hickory Shadows1.1 miles17
Wando Estates1.2 miles17
Creekside Park1.3 miles17
Moss Park1.3 miles17
Shemwood1.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1253136. 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.