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Jiggs, South Carolina

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29203. It stands on Lightwood Knot Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fort Jackson North quadrangle.

Jiggs within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

162 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Jiggs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 590 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined72
Misuse of fire by a minor37
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning17
Smoking8
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
22 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.8 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1997Smoking1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Jiggs: 6 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smith Properties MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Carolina Ceramics Shale PitClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Crane Creek PitClayUnknownMetamorphic
Haskell Clay MineClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Pontiac MillClayPast Producer
Richland County MinesClayProducer
Stork Firebrick Works PitClayPast ProducerKaolin
Unnamed Clay Pit.ClayUnknownSedimentary
Unnamed Shale PitClayPast ProducerSlate

Every working recorded in Richland 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
State Park0.9 miles24
Springwood1.1 miles24
Springhill1.3 miles24
Dentsville1.4 miles24
Meadow Lake1.5 miles21
Edinburgh1.5 miles24
Fairwold1.6 miles24
Highland Forest1.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1249174. 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.