Jennys, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sycamore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29827. The Survey maps it on the Ehrhardt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1919 USGS Olar quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Olar quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1982 USGS Barnwell quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ehrhardt quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Jennys between 1992 and 2019, burning about 518 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2019 | Natural | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jennys in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2019: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennys | $1,000 | Allendale County communications reported a tree down and blocking Harmony Church Road. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennys | - | The Allendale County Dispatch reported a tree down on Cow Pen Branch Road. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennys | - | The Allendale 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Confederate Highway and Jennys Road. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennys | - | The Allendale 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Conferderate Highway and Jenny's Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuten (historical) | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Sycamore | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Ulmer | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Fairfax | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| Coalla (historical) | 8.8 miles | 15 | |
| Hayes Crossroads | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| Lopers Crossroads | 10.4 miles | 15 | |
| Allendale | 10.4 miles | 15 |
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 Q122555603 | 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 1233132. 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.
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.








