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Jacksonville, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the North Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29851. The Survey maps it on the Graniteville quadrangle.

Jacksonville within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

557 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 557 fires within 5 miles of Jacksonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,657 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 101 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/undetermined155
Debris and open burning144
Arson/incendiarism101
Misuse of fire by a minor92
Equipment and vehicle use17
Natural12
Other causes9
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony6
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2008Natural2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Jacksonville: 17 past producers, 14 unknowns, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, 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
Aiken County DepositREE, Zirconium, TitaniumPast Producer1879, 1955
Horse CreekTitanium, Zirconium, REE, ThoriumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Unidentified Mine(Horse Creek Mine)Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, TitaniumPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Horse CreekREEPast Producer
Aiken Kaolin DistrictKaolinProducer1852
Graniteville MineKaolinProducer
Langley MineKaolinProducer
Augusta Sand and Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownUnconsolidated Sediments
Clearwater MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Clearwater PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Aiken County

Storms near this place

8 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jacksonville in 8 storm reports between 2016 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2022LightningJacksonville1 hurtMedia and Emergency Management reported a 22 year old woman was severely injured by a lightning strike while inside her home on Owens St in Beech Island.
April 2017HailJacksonville$10Amateur radio report of dime size hail in Burnettown.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindJacksonville-Trees down near the intersection of Pine Log Rd and Storm Branch Rd. Time estimated.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindJacksonville-Trees in roadway at Daley Dr and Ivan St in Burnettown.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindJacksonville-Trees down on Dummy Line Rd in Burnettown.
June 2018HailJacksonville-Spotter reported dime to penny size hail on Dummy Line Rd in Burnettown.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindJacksonville-Trees were downed and blocking a highway in Burnettown.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindJacksonville-Trees down near Pine Log Rd and Key Plantation Rd.

Every storm recorded in Aiken 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
Burnettown0.9 miles19
Langley Villa1.0 miles19
Lynwood1.0 miles19
Langley1.0 miles19
Bath1.4 miles19
Gloverville1.7 miles19
Johnstown1.9 miles21
Ridgecrest2.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231426. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.