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Jocassee, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29676. It stands on Whitewater River. The Survey maps it on the Salem quadrangle.

Jocassee within Oconee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Jocassee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 709 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined22
Natural13
Debris and open burning12
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
23 September 1999Natural8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2007Natural1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresNational Forests in North CarolinaCHASTAIN VALLEY
22 August 1999Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2008Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Jocassee: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Granite, Stone, Dimension, Corundum. 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
Berkeley QuarryGraniteProducer
Nickville Blue QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Sapphire MineCorundum, Asbestos, VermiculitePast Producer
Whitewater-Toxaway PlacerGoldUnknownPlacer

Every working recorded in Oconee County

Storms near this place

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jocassee in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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
April 2025HailJocassee-Co-op observer reported quarter size hail on Fish Hatchery Rd.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindJocassee-NWS employee reported multiple trees blown down on Whitewater Falls Rd.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindJocassee-Utility company reported trees and large limbs blown down on power lines on the western shores of Lake Keowee north of Highway 11.
April 2020Tornado (EF1)Jocassee-NWS Storm Survey found the path of an EF1 tornado across the high elevations of Oconee County. Damage was first found along Highway 107, less than a mile south of Wigington Rd. Multiple large tree limbs were snapped near this location. The next area of damage was found due east of here along Whitewater Falls Rd, where numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. Additional tree damage was found on Bad Creek Rd, just west of Lake Jocassee. While additional tree damage was observed from a distance on a peninsula in Lake Jocassee, a survey of areas downstream was impossible due to the remote, inaccessible nature of the terrain in the Sumter National Forest/Jocassee Gorges area.
September 2017HailJocassee-Utility company reported 3/4 inch hail in the Bad Creek area.
May 2016HailJocassee-Ham Radio operator reported dime to quarter size hail near N Little River Rd and Highway 130.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindJocassee-Spotter reported trees blown down near North Little River Rd.
June 2015HailJocassee-Spotter reported 3/4 inch hail near North Little River Rd.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindJocassee-Multiple trees were blown down in the Bad Creek area.
May 2011HailJocassee-Half dollar size hail was reported at Devils Fork State Park.
May 2011HailJocassee-Quarter size hail was reported in the Bad Creek area.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindJocassee-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the northern part of the county, from the Fish Hatchery Rd area to the Lake Keowee area. Part of the metal roof was blown off a building near Salem.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindJocassee-Numerous trees were blown down in the Bad Creek area on both sides of the state line.
February 1998HailJocassee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oconee 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
Jocassee (historical)0.1 miles19
Boones Creek3.6 miles19
Fall Creek4.9 miles19
Salem6.0 miles19
Cheohee7.5 miles19
Moody Cove7.6 miles19
Tamassee7.6 miles19
Flat Shoals8.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1229860. 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.