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Jedburg, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Summerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29483. The Survey maps it on the Summerville quadrangle.

Jedburg within Dorchester County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

497 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 497 fires within 5 miles of Jedburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,124 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 83 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/undetermined184
Debris and open burning166
Arson/incendiarism83
Misuse of fire by a minor43
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism50 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2014Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Debris and open burning4.1 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dorchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Jedburg: 6 unknowns, 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand. 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
Reeves-EdistoSandUnknownSedimentary
Reeves-EdistoSandUnknownSedimentary
Dorchester Brick Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Dorchester Mine WestClayUnknownSedimentary
Dorchester Mine WestClayPast Producer
Kenyon Mine EastClayUnknownSedimentary
Kenyon Mine EastClayPast Producer
Kenyon Mine WestClayUnknownSedimentary
Kenyon Mine WestClayPast Producer
Knightsville MineClayUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Dorchester County

Storms near this place

28 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jedburg in 28 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
June 2010Thunderstorm WindJedburg$5,000The public reported 4 pine trees and 1 sixteen inch diameter oak tree snapped.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindJedburg$2,000Multiple trees down and blocking both lanes of Orangeburg Road near Grayback Road.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindJedburg$1,000The public reported a tree down on the 100 block of Cinnamon Road.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindJedburg$1,000The South Carolina Department of Highways reported a tree down near the intersection of Mallard Road and Orangeburg Road.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindJedburg$1,000The South Carolina Department of Highways reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 78 and Jedburg Road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindJedburg$500South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at Highway 78 and Wish Well Drive.
August 2025Flash FloodJedburg-Emergency management reported the Dorchester Fire Department Station 10 had floodwaters in the living quarters.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindJedburg-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Bates Branch Road and Brewer Road.
June 2021HailJedburg-The public reported nickel size hail.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindJedburg-A Dorchester County official reported trees and power lines down behind a residence in the 300 block of Greyback Road.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindJedburg-A Dorchester County emergency manager reported trees down and damage to a well house, fence, and other property along the 200 block of Winningham Road. Trees were also reported down and blocking Winningham Road near the intersection with Orangeburg Road.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindJedburg-A Dorchester County official reported a large tree down with power lines on Greyback Road in the Jedburg Community.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindJedburg-A trained spotter reported trees down and snapped tree tops along with power lines down on Allspice Drive between Cinnamon Road and Greyback Road. Winds were estimated to be 60-70 mph.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindJedburg-A Dorchester County emergency manager reported a tree fell through the roof of a residence and destroyed an upstairs bathroom along the 200 block of Austin Creek Court.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindJedburg-A Dorchester County emergency manager reported trees down and blocking Orangeburg Road between Highway 78 and Greyback Road.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindJedburg-A social media video indicated numerous trees down and debris along Highway 78 outside the Drakesborough neighborhood.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindJedburg-A Dorchester County emergency manager reported trees and power lines down in the 1500 and 1600 block of Dawson Branch Road.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindJedburg-A trained spotter reported a tree and multiple limbs down.
March 2018HailJedburg-A trained spotter reported hail ranging from pea to dime sized near Jedburg.
March 2018Thunderstorm WindJedburg-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Orangeburg Road in front of the Blackberry Creek subdivision.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindJedburg-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Mallard Road and Orangeburg Road.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindJedburg-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Dawson Branch Road near the intersection with Highway 78.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindJedburg-Dorchester County dispatch reported a tree down on W 5th N Street at Kett Creek Road.
May 2009HailJedburg-The public reported nickel size hail at the intersection of Jedburg Road and Route 78 in Jedburg, South Carolina.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Jedburg-Numerous tree tops were twisted and sheared off along with several trees being down in the vicinity of Clemson Terrace subdivision and just west of Jedburg. A large section of a roof on an industrial plant was taken off and there was roof damage to several homes in the path of the tornado. The tornado also displaced 4000 pound bales of steel wire at the plant.
September 2003Flash FloodJedburg-Heavy rain flooded Cypress Campground Road and Grapevine Road.
October 2003Thunderstorm WindJedburg-Several trees were down along Interstate-26.
March 2003HailJedburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dorchester 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
Pinehill1.1 miles19
Laurence (historical)1.1 miles17
Lotts Crossroads1.2 miles19
Hunters Creek1.9 miles19
Clemson Terrace2.0 miles19
Trotters Ridge2.2 miles19
Azalea Estates2.2 miles19
Orchard Hill2.3 miles19

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.

Wikidata item Q122592939The 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 1223519. 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.