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Point Pleasant, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Ravenel-Hollywood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29449. It stands on Log Bridge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ravenel quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Point Pleasant within Charleston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

216 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Point Pleasant (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,102 acres in total. None started naturally. 39 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/undetermined98
Debris and open burning71
Arson/incendiarism39
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
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
9 July 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 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 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Point Pleasant (historical): 6 past producers, 5 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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
Land Associates PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
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
Chaplan Landing MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Chaplin Landing Fill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Cleckley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Land Associates Mine # 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Murraywood 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
Humbert Woods1.8 miles22
Berry Hill2.1 miles19
Rantowles2.1 miles19
Stono Station2.3 miles25
Point Park Estates2.5 miles22
Hickory Hill2.6 miles25
Clementia (historical)2.7 miles17
Goshen2.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1253137. 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.