Washington, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cordesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29453. It stands on Devils Lodge Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle.

Washington within Berkeley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1943 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

170 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Washington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,199 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 85 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
Arson/incendiarism	85
Debris and open burning	38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	33
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2

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
5 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 1999	Natural	4.0 acres	Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests	LIGHTNING II
17 August 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
15 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests	PRICE
23 July 2007	Arson/incendiarism	3.7 acres	Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests	BRICK HOUSE
2 July 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests	not named
13 July 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkeley County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Washington: 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Limestone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bass Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Wares Sante Hi Cal Lime Mine	Calcium	Producer
Georgetown Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Jamestown Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Plant
Georgetown Quarry	Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer	Sedimentary
Schirmer Quarry	Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown	Sedimentary
Ware Quarry	Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown	Sedimentary

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Palmerville	1.5 miles	8
Tiger Corner (historical)	1.6 miles	8
Jamestown	1.7 miles	8
Simmonsville	2.1 miles	8
Turkey Pond	2.6 miles	8
Beufordtown	4.1 miles	8
Green Bay (historical)	4.2 miles	9
Price Landing	4.7 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1230466. 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.