Summerset Acres, South Carolina
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Summerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29483. It stands on Rumphs Hill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ridgeville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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 Ridgeville quadrangle1:48000
- 1920 USGS Ridgeville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Ridgeville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Ridgeville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
506 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 506 fires within 5 miles of Summerset Acres between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,267 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 99 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 burning | 188 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 161 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 99 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.1 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Summerset Acres: 4 unknowns, 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reeves-Edisto | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Reeves-Edisto | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Knightsville Mine | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Knightsville Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Salisbury Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Edista No. 2 Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Murray Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Summerville Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Range Estates | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Lotts Crossroads | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Sweetbriar | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Twin Lakes | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Cotton Hill | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Knightsville | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Laurence (historical) | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Pecan Grove | 2.5 miles | 19 |
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 Q122548279 | 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 1241233. 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.










