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Jericho, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Ravenel-Hollywood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29426. It lies near Coon Island. The Survey maps it on the Osborn quadrangle. It stands 39 feet above sea level.

Jericho within Charleston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

299 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 299 fires within 5 miles of Jericho between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,672 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 68 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 burning106
Missing data/not specified/undetermined103
Arson/incendiarism68
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charleston County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jericho: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium. 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
Ravenels QuadrangleIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Beach

Every working recorded in Charleston 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
Osborn1.6 miles16
Capwells Crossroads2.9 miles16
Laurel Hill3.0 miles18
Baptist Hill3.1 miles18
Adams Run3.1 miles18
Ravenel3.5 miles16
Laroche4.2 miles18
Parkers Ferry4.2 miles16

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 Q130533919The 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 1223548. 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.