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Whipper-Barnoy, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the North Charleston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29405. It stands on Noisette Creek. The Survey maps it on the Charleston quadrangle.

Whipper-Barnoy within Charleston County

On record in Whipper-Barnoy

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 within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

25 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Whipper-Barnoy between 1994 and 2020, burning about 193 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2012Fireworks8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 June 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 June 2015Natural3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 May 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Whipper-Barnoy: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Cross Country MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mt Pleasant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Ware Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Ware Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
George S Legare Homes0.3 miles18
Tillman Homes0.4 miles18
Waylyn0.6 miles18
Ashley Junction0.6 miles18
Cherokee Place0.8 miles18
North Charleston0.8 miles18
Dorchester0.9 miles18
Charleston Heights0.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231912. 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.