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Riverland Terrace, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the James Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29412. It stands on Sandy Bay. The Survey maps it on the Charleston quadrangle.

Riverland Terrace within Charleston County

On record in Riverland Terrace

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 within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Riverland Terrace between 1992 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined15
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2012Fireworks8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2015Natural1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 May 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 April 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 April 2006Arson/incendiarism7.5 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

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Riverland Terrace: 4 producers, 3 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, REE. 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
(Facility) Charleston SmelterChromiumPlant
Airco AlloysIronUnknown
Brinson PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Brinson PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducer
Charleston County MineREE, ThoriumProducer
Brownswood MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cross Country MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cross Creek MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Edmondson Hauling Pit 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Mt Pleasant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Charleston County

Storms near this place

5 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverland Terrace in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2019: 3 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2015Flash FloodRiverland Terrace$728,550Law enforcement and social media sources indicated roads closed due to flooding on Folly Island and southern James Island. Roads closed included East Arctic Avenue beyond 10th Street, Folly Road at the intersection of Battery Island Drive and Battle Ground Road.
October 2015Flash FloodRiverland Terrace$728,550The public reported 1.5 feet of water flowing across the 1600 block of Rainbow Road.
August 2014LightningRiverland Terrace$25,000The St Andrews Fire Department reported three homes struck by lightning on James Island. Minor damage was reported to homes on Ocean Neighbors Blvd and Teal Avenue. Significant roof and attic damage was reported to a home on Peas Hill Road.
July 2014Flash FloodRiverland Terrace$5,000A social media report of a sport utility vehicle submerged in flood water off of Folly Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindRiverland Terrace-The Charleston County Dispatch reported a tree down on Sol Legare Road.

Every storm 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
Chesterfield0.3 miles18
Woodlawn0.4 miles18
Marlborough0.6 miles18
Green Acres0.7 miles18
Edgewater Park0.9 miles25
Dogwood Park1.0 miles18
Laurel Park1.1 miles18
South Windermire1.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231734. 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.