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Red Top, 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 29455. It stands on Wallace Creek. The Survey maps it on the Johns Island quadrangle.

Red Top 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

108 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Red Top between 1992 and 2019, burning about 539 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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/undetermined53
Debris and open burning31
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 July 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 July 1998Arson/incendiarismunder 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Red Top: 4 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Charleston Region DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1867
17 South Pit(Jacksonboro Rd Mine)Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Chaplan Landing MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Chaplin Landing Fill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
North Charleston PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Truluck Pit SouthSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Truluck Pit SouthSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Johns Island1.0 miles25
Shell Point1.3 miles25
Ponderosa1.9 miles25
Rantowles1.9 miles19
Sandy2.2 miles25
Stono Station3.0 miles25
Limehouse Station3.1 miles25
Berry Hill3.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231712. 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.