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Woodlawn, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the James Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29412. It stands on Pennys Creek. The Survey maps it on the Charleston quadrangle.

Woodlawn within Charleston County

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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Woodlawn between 1992 and 2017, burning about 175 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
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
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2012Fireworks8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2015Natural1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 June 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 May 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 April 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 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

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Woodlawn: 4 past producers, 4 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, REE. 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
(Facility) Charleston SmelterChromiumPlant
Airco AlloysIronUnknown
Brinson PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Brinson PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducer
Charleston County MineREE, ThoriumProducer
Brownswood MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cross Country MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cross Creek MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Edmondson Hauling Pit 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Edmondson Hauling Pit 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

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
Chesterfield0.2 miles18
Green Acres0.4 miles18
Riverland Terrace0.4 miles18
Marlborough0.5 miles18
Laurel Park0.8 miles18
Dogwood Park1.0 miles18
Oakview Park1.0 miles15
Edgewater Park1.3 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1253339. 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.