Sullivans Island, South Carolina
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Mount Pleasant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29482. It stands on Sullivans Island. The Survey maps it on the Fort Moultrie quadrangle. 1,891 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 9 feet above sea level.
On record in Sullivans Island
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 2 records
Dr. John B. Patrick Houselisted 1995
U.S. Coast Guard Historic Districtlisted 1973
Population over time
2 figuresSullivans Island grew from 1,791 to 1,891 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,791 | |
| 2020 | 1,891 | +100 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1919 USGS Fort Moultrie quadrangle1:21120, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Fort Moultrie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS James Island quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Fort Moultrie quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1968 USGS James Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS James Island quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS James Island quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS James Island quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Sullivans Island between 1992 and 2008, burning about 84 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 June 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 April 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 March 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 February 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sullivans Island: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Thorium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Moultrie Quadrangle | Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Thorium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Beach | |
| Island Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Island Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Producer | ||
| East Copper #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| R & L Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Shell Point (Mt. Pleasant Pit) | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Yaupon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Moultrie | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Waterway Arms | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Myrtle Acres | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Osceola Heights | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Osceola Oaks | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Harborgate | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Moultrie Heights | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 2.5 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Sullivans Island | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1425473 | The 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 1231842. 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.







