BlockWhitehall Terrace, South Carolina
14 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 29466. The Survey maps it on the Capers Inlet quadrangle.
On record in Whitehall Terrace
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Oakland Plantation Houselisted 1977 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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 Capers Island quadrangle1:21120, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Capers Island quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS James Island quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Capers Inlet quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
152 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Whitehall Terrace between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,385 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 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 | 74 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.2 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 1998 | Natural | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ten Mile | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Porcher Bluff | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Chandler | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Philip | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Woodville | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Palmetto Fort | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Martins Point Landing | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Forest Trail | 5.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1253332. 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.