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Sandy, 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 29414. The Survey maps it on the Johns Island quadrangle.

Sandy 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Sandy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 413 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined33
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1998Debris 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
3 July 1998Debris 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sandy: 5 past producers, 1 unknown, 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
Brownswood MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Chaplan Landing MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Chaplin Landing Fill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Murraywood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
North Charleston PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

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
Ponderosa0.8 miles25
Hickory Hall Plantation1.4 miles25
Church Creek1.7 miles25
Forest Lakes1.9 miles25
Long Branch Estates2.0 miles25
Magnolia Ranch2.0 miles25
Greenwood Park2.0 miles25
Johns Island2.0 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231769. 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.