THE BERKELEY COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Carolina Flatwoods setting.
Berkeley County has 1,103.6 square miles of land in South Carolina. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Berkeley County: Carolina Flatwoods, Sea Islands/Coastal Marsh, Mid-Atlantic Floodplains and Low Terraces, among others.
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Regional context: Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Berkeley County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Carolina Flatwoods81.8%
- Sea Islands/Coastal Marsh10.6%
- Mid-Atlantic Floodplains and Low Terraces6.2%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces1.4%
Southern Coastal Plain in Berkeley County
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Read the regional source ↗Southeastern Plains in Berkeley County
Irregular plains of sand, silt and clay support a mix of pine and hardwood landscapes. The region has more relief than the lower coastal plain, with generally gentle stream gradients.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Berkeley County
The atlas lists 15 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Berkeley County, including Charleston, North Charleston, Goose Creek. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Berkeley County by land and water
The Census records 130.9 square miles of water within Berkeley County, or 10.6% of its total area. That share is close to Berkeley County’s 10.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Berkeley County has 95.9 times the land area of nearby Moncks Corner town (11.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Charleston County, Clarendon County, Dorchester County, Georgetown County, Orangeburg County, Williamsburg County within South Carolina. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

