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Johnsonville, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Johnsonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29555. It stands on Lake Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Johnsonville quadrangle. 1,378 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 92 feet above sea level.

Johnsonville within Florence County

On record in Johnsonville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Johnsonville fell from 1,480 to 1,378 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,480
20201,378-102 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Browntown Cotton Gin, SC Route 341 between Johnsonville & Lake City, Johnsonville, Florence County, SC
Browntown Cotton Gin, SC Route 341 between Johnsonville & Lake City, Johnsonville, Florence County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

326 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 326 fires within 5 miles of Johnsonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,901 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 96 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 burning129
Arson/incendiarism96
Missing data/not specified/undetermined64
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1999Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2016Natural50 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Florence County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Johnsonville: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Johnsonville PlantSandProducerSedimentary
Johnsonville MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johnsonville PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Florence County

Storms near this place

18 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnsonville in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
August 2006Thunderstorm WindJohnsonville2 hurt, $25,000A tree fell on a house on North Butler Ave. Two children in the home were injured and were transported to the hospital with head and back injuries.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindJohnsonville$255,000The roof at Johnsonville Middle School on Maple Avenue sustained significant damage. The Shady Rest Family Restaurant reportedly sustained some damage as did another building housing the Prosser Law Firm, both located on S Georgetown Highway. The time was estimated based on radar data.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindJohnsonville$75,000A large tree was blown down on a house in Johnsonville.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindJohnsonville$25,000Strong winds on a farm off of Railroad Avenue peeled back a tin roof. Shingles were also blown off of several homes, and a garage door was blown in.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindJohnsonville$10,000A metal roof was reportedly blown off a building on East Broadway Street.
July 2004LightningJohnsonville$10,000Lightning struck the Ritz Theater building, causing damage to Shirley's Balloons, which joins the old theater.
May 2011HailJohnsonville$3,000Hail to the size of golf balls was reported.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindJohnsonville$2,500A tree was reported down across power lines blocking the intersection of Possum Fork Road and New Hope Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindJohnsonville$2,000Several large tree limbs were observed down. The time was estimated based on radar data.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindJohnsonville$1,000A tree was reportedly down on Lake City Highway.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindJohnsonville$1,000A tree was reportedly down on Vox Highway. The time was estimated based on radar data.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindJohnsonville$1,000A tree was reportedly down on Vox Highway. The time was estimated based on radar data.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindJohnsonville$500Large tree limbs were reported broken and down.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindJohnsonville-A large tree was blown down on Pine Street.
June 2005HailJohnsonville-Golfball size hail damaged tobacco fields.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindJohnsonville-Florence central dispatch reported trees down.
July 2000HailJohnsonville-Spotter reported dime size hail in Johnsonville. Trees were also reported down on power lines in neighboring Kingsburg.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindJohnsonville-Florence Co. Sheriffs Dep. reported trees down in the Johnsonville area.

Every storm recorded in Florence 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
Venters2.3 miles8
Poston4.0 miles8
Kingsburg4.3 miles8
Half Moon (historical)5.6 miles8
Prospect Crossroads5.7 miles8
Bazen Crossroads7.9 miles8
Poston Crossroads7.9 miles8
Bostick Landing8.1 miles8

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.

Wikipedia article on JohnsonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2787620The 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 1223621. 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.