BlockJordanville, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Aynor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29544. It stands on Ratan Branch. The Survey maps it on the Horry quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1943 USGS Horry quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
263 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 263 fires within 5 miles of Jordanville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,298 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 76 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 | 88 |
| Debris and open burning | 83 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 76 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jordanville in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Lightning | Jordanville | $75,000 | Lightning struck a house off the Pee Dee Highway in Jordanville. The house burned to the ground. No one was injured. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jordanville | $15,000 | Three horse stalls and an 8x10 shed were reportedly destroyed. Roof shingles were torn off a house on the same property. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jordanville | $2,500 | One large tree was reported down along Juniper Bay Road. A fence was also reported blown over. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Jordanville | $1,000 | Quarter size hail was reported. The hail reportedly lasted for 10 minutes. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Jordanville | $250 | Hail to the size of quarters was reported on Lundy Short Cut Road. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jordanville | - | Few trees uprooted/snapped and power lines down near the intersection of Juniper Bay Rd and Johnson Shortcut Rd. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Jordanville | - | Reported near intersection of Pee Dee Road and Jordanville Road. |
| May 2012 | Flood | Jordanville | - | Minor flooding was reported on Juniper Bay Road. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Jordanville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hughes Landing | 1.5 miles | 8 | |
| Tompkins | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Jonestown | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Lundy Crossroads | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Gideon | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Dog Bluff | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Juniper Bay | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Burgan | 4.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1223666. 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.