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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.

Jalapa within Newberry County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

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.

CSX Railroad Bridge (U.S. Route 76), U.S. Route 76 spanning CSX Railroad, Jalapa, Newberry County, SC
CSX Railroad Bridge (U.S. Route 76), U.S. Route 76 spanning CSX Railroad, Jalapa, Newberry County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

132 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined73
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2007Natural4.6 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsTHURSDAY
2 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsGREEN BRIAR
31 August 2007Natural17 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newberry County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Newberry QuarryGraniteUnknownIgneous
Newberry QuarryGranite, Stone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous
Newberry QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newberry County

Storms near this place

14 since 2004

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2015HailJalapa$4,000Public reported nickel to quarter size hail with a few pieces up to half dollar size near Jalapa off of US 76.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindJalapa$4,000Highway Patrol reported trees down at 262 Jalapa Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindJalapa$2,000Highway Patrol reported trees down along Lalapa Road between I-26 and Hwy 76.
August 2019HailJalapa$10Public reported penny size hail near Boyd Rd and Jalapa Rd. Time estimated.
November 2025HailJalapa-Public report of hail around quarter sized near Wickers Greenhouse along Highway 76. Time estimated by radar.
April 2025HailJalapa-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 2025Thunderstorm WindJalapa-SC Highway Patrol reports a tree down along I20. Time estimated by radar.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindJalapa-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 2024Thunderstorm WindJalapa-SC Highway Patrol reported trees down along I-26, north of Jalapa.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindJalapa-Newberry County Sheriff reports a tree down on Whitmire Highway and Beth Eden Road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindJalapa-SCHP reported tree in roadway on I-26 at mm65.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindJalapa-Tree downed a power line and blocked Jalapa Rd near Interstate 26.
May 2009Funnel CloudJalapa-Sheriff reported a funnel cloud in Jalapa.
September 2004Tornado (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.

Every storm recorded in Newberry 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
Gary2.5 miles13
Beth Eden3.4 miles13
Bush River4.3 miles13
Devils Cross Roads4.3 miles13
Helena4.9 miles13
Smyrna5.0 miles13
Kinards5.5 miles12
Cromer Crossroads5.6 miles13

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 JalapaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18157861The 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.