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Tramway, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Goose Creek-Hanahan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29486. The Survey maps it on the Summerville quadrangle.

Tramway within Berkeley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

617 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 617 fires within 5 miles of Tramway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,407 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 124 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/undetermined248
Debris and open burning158
Arson/incendiarism124
Misuse of fire by a minor63
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2014Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2001Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkeley County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Tramway: 6 past producers, 5 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Evergreen MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Janet MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dorchester Brick Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Dorchester Mine EastClayUnknownSedimentary
Dorchester Mine EastClayPast Producer
Dorchester Mine WestClayUnknownSedimentary
Dorchester Mine WestClayPast Producer
Kenyon Mine EastClayUnknownSedimentary
Kenyon Mine EastClayPast Producer
Kenyon Mine WestClayUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Berkeley 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
Sangaree1.3 miles19
South Pointe1.8 miles19
Woodbridge1.9 miles19
Wide Awake1.9 miles19
Highland Village2.2 miles19
Carnes Crossroad2.8 miles19
Driggerstown3.1 miles19
Chaparral Ranches3.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234647. 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.