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Shoreline Farms, South Carolina

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Johns Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29455. It stands on Pennys Creek. The Survey maps it on the Legareville quadrangle.

Shoreline Farms within Charleston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Shoreline Farms between 1992 and 2019, burning about 667 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 19 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
Debris and open burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 July 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 1997Debris and open burning5.0 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Shoreline Farms: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Brinson PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Brinson PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducer
Edmondson PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducer
Brownswood MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cross Country MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cross Creek MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Edmondson Hauling Pit 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Edmondson Hauling Pit 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Murraywood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Miller Hill0.6 miles22
Stono2.0 miles15
Green Acres2.1 miles18
Oakview Park2.2 miles15
Cedar Springs2.4 miles22
Camp Road Estates2.4 miles15
Woodlawn2.5 miles18
Jamestown Estates2.5 miles15

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 Q122566249The 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 1253246. 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.