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.
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
Browntownlisted 1982
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Browntown Cotton Gin, SC Route 341 between Johnsonville & Lake City, Johnsonvillefederal building survey, 16 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresJohnsonville 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,480 | |
| 2020 | 1,378 | -102 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1946 USGS Johnsonville quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Johnsonville quadrangle1:24000
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
326 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 129 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 96 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 64 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2016 | Natural | 50 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnsonville Plant | Sand | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Johnsonville Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Johnsonville Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
18 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsonville | 2 hurt, $25,000 | A 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsonville | $255,000 | The 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsonville | $75,000 | A large tree was blown down on a house in Johnsonville. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsonville | $25,000 | Strong 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsonville | $10,000 | A metal roof was reportedly blown off a building on East Broadway Street. |
| July 2004 | Lightning | Johnsonville | $10,000 | Lightning struck the Ritz Theater building, causing damage to Shirley's Balloons, which joins the old theater. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Johnsonville | $3,000 | Hail to the size of golf balls was reported. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsonville | $2,500 | A 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsonville | $2,000 | Several large tree limbs were observed down. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsonville | $1,000 | A tree was reportedly down on Lake City Highway. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsonville | $1,000 | A tree was reportedly down on Vox Highway. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsonville | $1,000 | A tree was reportedly down on Vox Highway. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsonville | $500 | Large tree limbs were reported broken and down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsonville | - | A large tree was blown down on Pine Street. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Johnsonville | - | Golfball size hail damaged tobacco fields. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsonville | - | Florence central dispatch reported trees down. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Johnsonville | - | Spotter reported dime size hail in Johnsonville. Trees were also reported down on power lines in neighboring Kingsburg. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsonville | - | Florence Co. Sheriffs Dep. reported trees down in the Johnsonville area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venters | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Poston | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Kingsburg | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Half Moon (historical) | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Prospect Crossroads | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Bazen Crossroads | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Poston Crossroads | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Bostick Landing | 8.1 miles | 8 |
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 Johnsonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2787620 | 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 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.





