Jonesville, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Hendersonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29945. The Survey maps it on the Yemassee quadrangle.

Jonesville within Colleton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

1918 USGS Yemassee quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1943 USGS Yemassee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Yemassee quadrangle1:24000
1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

284 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 284 fires within 5 miles of Jonesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,705 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 89 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/undetermined	91
Arson/incendiarism	89
Debris and open burning	78
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Natural	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
25 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 1999	Natural	150 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
22 July 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 July 2015	Natural	8.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
19 July 2006	Debris and open burning	13 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
16 July 2006	Natural	28 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colleton County

Storms near this place

34 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jonesville in 34 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 29 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
September 2022	Lightning	Jonesville	1 hurt	Colleton County Emergency Management reported that a person was struck by lightning on Cherokee Plantation at 5109 Combahee Road. The person was transported to the Medical University of South Carolina hospital in downtown Charleston.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	$1,000	Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree down on Low Country Highway near State Road S-15-28.
January 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	$1,000	SC Highway Patrol reported a tree down at the intersection of Lowcountry Highway and Interstate 95.
March 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	$1,000	The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Lowcountry Highway and Highway 17A.
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	$500	Law Enforcement reported a tree in the roadway on Interstate 95 at Cobahee Road.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	$500	Law enforcement reported large limbs down along Interstate 95 near exit 41.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down on a residence along Pentgage Court.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down on Public Landing Lane.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down and blocking both lanes on the 15800 Block of Hendersonville Highway.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down on a residence along the 100 Block of Fannie Lane.
January 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree down on Public Landing Lane.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down on 16721 Hendersonville Highway.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	A county official reported a tree down on Low Country Highway near Catkin Lane.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree down and in the roadway near the intersection of Hendersonville Highway and Lowcountry Highway. A vehicle collided with the tree at this location but there were no reported injuries.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	Colleton County dispatch reported trees down along Interstate 95 near exit 42.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 21 and Highway 17A.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Hendersonville Highway and Jonesville Avenue.
December 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	Law enforcement reported a tree in roadway near the intersection of Low Country Highway and Trenton Lane.
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down on Frog Town Road.
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	A Colleton County emergency manager reported three trees and power lines down on Low Country Highway.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Lowcountry Highway and Hendersonville Highway.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at mile marker 45 on Interstate 95.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Interstate 95 at mile marker 42.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	Law enforcement reported a tree down on I-95 southbound near mile marker 42.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Black Creek Road and Highway 21.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down along Interstate 95 between mile marker 40 and 42.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down in the 7600 block of Yemassee Highway.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at the intersection of Lowcountry Highway and Black Creek Road.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	A trained spotter reported a large tree down near Mt. Olive Church in Salkehatchie.
October 2015	Flood	Jonesville	-	An emergency manager reported Pub Landing Lane impassable past the 500 block due to rising river levels.
May 2014	Hail	Jonesville	-	Fire department reported nickel to half dollar sized hail with estimated wind gusts of 50 mph.
May 2014	Hail	Jonesville	-	The public reported penny to quarter sized hail along with several tree limbs down along Highway 21.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	Colleton County warning point relayed a report from a trained spotter of several large tree limbs down and ripped off tin roof panels.
June 2008	Hail	Jonesville	-	Penny size hail was reported 4 miles northeast of Yemassee, South Carolina.

Every storm recorded in Colleton 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Salkehatchie	2.1 miles	19
Blake	3.9 miles	19
Hendersonville	6.1 miles	17
Bluehouse Corners	6.6 miles	17
White Hall	6.7 miles	18
Catholic Hill	8.7 miles	17
Varntown (historical)	9.9 miles	16
Ritter	10.5 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231436. 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.

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.