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Jordan, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Manning census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29102. The Survey maps it on the Jordan quadrangle.

Jordan within Clarendon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

639 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 639 fires within 5 miles of Jordan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,085 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 142 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/undetermined257
Debris and open burning202
Arson/incendiarism142
Equipment and vehicle use15
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
Natural2
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
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clarendon County

Storms near this place

8 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jordan in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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
May 2011Thunderstorm WindJordan$3,000Highway Patrol reported trees down near HWY 260 and Racoon Road intersection.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindJordan-A power line was downed at Hwy 260 and Moses Dingle Rd in Jordan.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindJordan-Numerous limbs down on a golf course.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindJordan-Peak wind gust of 59 mph measured at Manning Santee-Cooper Regional Airport.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindJordan-Sheriff reported trees down on Bonanza Crossing near the town of Jordan.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindJordan-EPD reported trees down on garage.
November 1995TornadoJordan-Tornado did minor damage to home. Trees were knocked down.
November 1995HailJordan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clarendon 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
Bonanza (historical)1.4 miles17
James Crossroads1.8 miles16
Wyboo Plantation2.0 miles17
Davis Station3.0 miles13
Shad Moss village3.0 miles17
Bloomville3.2 miles16
White Oak3.2 miles17
Juneville3.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1223654. 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.