Jalapa, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Newberry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29108. The Survey maps it on the Newberry West quadrangle.
On record in Jalapa
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- CSX Railroad Bridge (U.S. Route 76), U.S. Route 76 spanning CSX Railroad, Jalapafederal building survey, 21 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Newberry West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
132 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Jalapa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 338 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 13 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 | 73 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | 4.6 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | THURSDAY |
| 2 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | GREEN BRIAR |
| 31 August 2007 | Natural | 17 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Jalapa: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newberry Quarry | Granite | Unknown | Igneous | |
| Newberry Quarry | Granite, Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Igneous | |
| Newberry Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jalapa in 14 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2015 | Hail | Jalapa | $4,000 | Public reported nickel to quarter size hail with a few pieces up to half dollar size near Jalapa off of US 76. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jalapa | $4,000 | Highway Patrol reported trees down at 262 Jalapa Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jalapa | $2,000 | Highway Patrol reported trees down along Lalapa Road between I-26 and Hwy 76. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Jalapa | $10 | Public reported penny size hail near Boyd Rd and Jalapa Rd. Time estimated. |
| November 2025 | Hail | Jalapa | - | Public report of hail around quarter sized near Wickers Greenhouse along Highway 76. Time estimated by radar. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Jalapa | - | Social media post from a local greenhouse showing hail covering the ground. Owner estimated Nickel to Quarter size hail and damage to the property. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jalapa | - | SC Highway Patrol reports a tree down along I20. Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jalapa | - | Newberry County sheriff reported wind damage near the intersection of Beaver Dam Creek Road and US Highway 76. Damage included a tree on a house, shaved treetops, and uprooted hardwood trees. Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jalapa | - | SC Highway Patrol reported trees down along I-26, north of Jalapa. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jalapa | - | Newberry County Sheriff reports a tree down on Whitmire Highway and Beth Eden Road. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jalapa | - | SCHP reported tree in roadway on I-26 at mm65. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jalapa | - | Tree downed a power line and blocked Jalapa Rd near Interstate 26. |
| May 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Jalapa | - | Sheriff reported a funnel cloud in Jalapa. |
| September 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Jalapa | - | An F0 touched down on Jalapa road and Indian Creek road taking down trees and doing minor damage to a couple of mobile homes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Beth Eden | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bush River | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Devils Cross Roads | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Helena | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Smyrna | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Kinards | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Cromer Crossroads | 5.6 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Jalapa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18157861 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1246149. 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.






