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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1923 USGS Warrenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1923 USGS Warrenville quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Warrenville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Warrenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Graniteville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Graniteville quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
557 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 155 |
| Debris and open burning | 144 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 101 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 92 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Other causes | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiken County Deposit | REE, Zirconium, Titanium | Past Producer | 1879, 1955 | |
| Horse Creek | Titanium, Zirconium, REE, Thorium | Unknown | Placer-Modern-Fluvial | |
| Unidentified Mine(Horse Creek Mine) | Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Titanium | Past Producer | Sedimentary Kaolin | |
| Horse Creek | REE | Past Producer | ||
| Aiken Kaolin District | Kaolin | Producer | 1852 | |
| Graniteville Mine | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Langley Mine | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Augusta Sand and Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Clearwater Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Clearwater Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2016Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Lightning | Jacksonville | 1 hurt | Media 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 2017 | Hail | Jacksonville | $10 | Amateur radio report of dime size hail in Burnettown. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jacksonville | - | Trees down near the intersection of Pine Log Rd and Storm Branch Rd. Time estimated. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jacksonville | - | Trees in roadway at Daley Dr and Ivan St in Burnettown. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jacksonville | - | Trees down on Dummy Line Rd in Burnettown. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Jacksonville | - | Spotter reported dime to penny size hail on Dummy Line Rd in Burnettown. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jacksonville | - | Trees were downed and blocking a highway in Burnettown. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jacksonville | - | Trees down near Pine Log Rd and Key Plantation Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnettown | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Langley Villa | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Lynwood | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Langley | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Bath | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Gloverville | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Johnstown | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| Ridgecrest | 2.1 miles | 20 |
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.











