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Shelter Cove, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Hilton Head Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29928. It lies near Hilton Head Island. The Survey maps it on the Hilton Head quadrangle.

Shelter Cove within Beaufort County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Shelter Cove between 1992 and 2012, burning about 141 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Natural1

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
9 August 1995Naturalunder an acrePinckney Island National Wildlife RefugeBULL NO1
23 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 June 1999Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 June 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 June 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 May 2002Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 May 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 May 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaufort County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Shelter Cove: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zirconium, Titanium, Thorium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Zirconium, Titanium. 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
Gumtree Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hilton Head IslandZirconium, Titanium, ThoriumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Hilton Head Island DepositREE, Zirconium, TitaniumPast Producer1879

Every working recorded in Beaufort 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
Palmetto Dunes0.5 miles17
Lighthouse Landing0.8 miles17
Otter Hole1.0 miles17
Bram Landing1.2 miles17
Long Cove Plantation1.3 miles17
Indigo Run1.4 miles17
Honey Horn Plantation2.1 miles17
Folly Field2.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1237382. 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.