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Scanlonville, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mount Pleasant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29464. It stands on Molasses Creek. The Survey maps it on the Charleston quadrangle.

Scanlonville within Charleston County

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

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Scanlonville between 1992 and 2012, burning about 254 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism4
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
7 July 2012Fireworks8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 June 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 May 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 May 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 May 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 April 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 April 2008Arson/incendiarism10 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 Scanlonville: 4 past producers, 3 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Thorium, Iron. 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
Charleston County MineREE, ThoriumProducer
Fort Moultrie QuadrangleZirconium, Titanium, Iron, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Beach
Island PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Island PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducer
East Copper #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mt Pleasant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
R & L PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Shell Point (Mt. Pleasant Pit)Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Charleston County

Storms near this place

12 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scanlonville in 12 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
September 2020Thunderstorm WindScanlonville$10,000A concentrated area of wind damage occurred along the seafood supplier docks on Shem Creek. Several nets and coolers were blown off a shrimp trawler into the creek. A large piece of metal also fell and punched a hole in the bow of another shrimp trawler above the water line. Two recreational boats broke free from their moorings and drifted into a shrimp trawler, resulting in minor damage. A mobile lavatory was also blown a considerable distance off the dock.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindScanlonville$5,000A concentrated area of wind damage occurred along the seafood supplier docks on Shem Creek. Several nets and coolers were blown off a shrimp trawler into the creek. A large piece of metal also fell and punched a hole in the bow of another shrimp trawler above the water line. Two recreational boats broke free from their moorings and drifted into a shrimp trawler, resulting in minor damage. A mobile lavatory was also blown a considerable distance off the dock.
April 2022HailScanlonville-A trained spotter reported hail almost to the size of a quarter along Harbor Pointe Drive.
April 2022HailScanlonville-Broadcast media relayed a report via social media of dime to nickel size hail.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindScanlonville-The public reported the west stand of the Charleston Battery Soccer Stadium at Patriots Point damaged by wind.
May 2020HailScanlonville-Local broadcast media reported nickel sized hail in Mount Pleasant.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindScanlonville-A National Weather Service employee reported a tree down on Lucas Street near Shem Creek.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindScanlonville-A report of trees blown down at the intersection of Johnnie Dodds Boulevard and Houston Northcutt Boulevard was received through social media.
October 2015Thunderstorm WindScanlonville-The public reported a tree down in Cooper Estates. The tree went through the front door of a home.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindScanlonville-The Mount Pleasant Fire Department reported that a large tent was blown over and destroyed at Waterfront Park. The tent was estimated to weight 400-500 pounds.
April 2011HailScanlonville-The public reported nickel size hail.
July 2009Flash FloodScanlonville-A National Weather Service employee reported that Williamson Drive was flooded and impassable in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.

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
Remleys Point0.2 miles18
Hobcaw Point0.6 miles18
The Groves0.9 miles18
I'On1.0 miles18
Bayview Acres1.2 miles18
Cooper Estates1.3 miles18
Millwood1.4 miles18
Creekside Park1.4 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122545968The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231780. 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.