BlockRantowles, 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 29470. It stands on Wallace Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ravenel quadrangle.
On record in Rantowles
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 1 record
Stono River Slave Rebellion SiteNational Historic Landmark · listed 1974
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1920 USGS Ravenels quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Ravenels quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Ravenel quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
180 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Rantowles between 1992 and 2019, burning about 982 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined | 73 |
| Debris and open burning | 62 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Rantowles: 6 past producers, 5 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, Phosphorus-Phosphates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston Region Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1867 | |
| Land Associates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Land Associates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Producer | ||
| 17 South Pit(Jacksonboro Rd Mine) | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Banks Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Banks Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Chaplan Landing Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Chaplin Landing Fill Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Cleckley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Land Associates Mine # 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rantowles in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rantowles | $2,000 | Trees down in the Poplar Grove subdivision. |
| September 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Rantowles | - | A National Weather Service storm survey team confirmed that a brief EF-0 tornado with estimated peak winds of 70 mph and associated with an outer rain band of Helene, touched down near Savannah Highway near Davison Road where it caused two power poles to lean. The tornado then continued northwest to Carriage House Way where a tree was uprooted and a few limbs were noted down. The tree that was uprooted appeared to have a shallow root system and therefore the wind speed was lowered to a low end EF-0. A few smaller tree branches were also noted just south of Bulow Landing Road before the tornado lifted. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rantowles | - | A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team confirmed strong straight-line winds associated with a thunderstorm microburst producing an estimated maximum wind speed of 90 to 95 mph along Chisholm Road on Johns Island, South Carolina. Strong straight-line winds associated with a line of thunderstorms passed across the Wadmalaw River and New Cut area, entering western portions of Johns Island along the 5000 block of Chisholm Road, then continued east with a swath approximately 650 yards wide along a path approximately 800 yards long. During the event, approximately 50 full size pine trees were downed, 25 of them being uprooted, along with a few full size oak trees uprooted and several large limbs damaged. The greatest damage to trees occurred across a wooded area north of the intersection of Chisolm Road and Ravens Bluff Road on a 22 acre property where minor damage also occurred to an open shed structure near a home. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rantowles | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Davison Road just north of Highway 17. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rantowles | - | The media reported a tree down along Marshwood Drive in the Stono Ferry Area. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Rantowles | - | The public reported penny to nickel size hail lasting for a few minutes in Rantowles, South Carolina. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berry Hill | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Red Top | 1.9 miles | 25 | |
| Point Pleasant (historical) | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Johns Island | 2.2 miles | 25 | |
| Shell Point | 2.3 miles | 25 | |
| Stono Station | 2.7 miles | 25 | |
| Humbert Woods | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Hickory Hill | 3.2 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231700. 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.