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Madison, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Aiken census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29829. It stands on Sand River. The Survey maps it on the Graniteville quadrangle.

Madison within Aiken County

On record in Madison

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 within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

Fires near this place

565 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 565 fires within 5 miles of Madison between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,411 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 95 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/undetermined161
Debris and open burning141
Arson/incendiarism95
Misuse of fire by a minor93
Equipment and vehicle use23
Natural18
Smoking10
Other causes6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks3

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 2008Natural2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 45 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Madison: 24 past producers, 11 unknowns, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Stone, Dimension. 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
Unidentified MineStone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous Intrusive
Barden MineKaolinUnknown
Graniteville MineKaolinProducer
Langley MineKaolinProducer
G.L.Williams PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gene Williams Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hillside Spring MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
McKie Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
McKie Sand Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
McKie Sand Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Aiken County

Storms near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madison in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2015: 1 flash flood, 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
January 2010Flash FloodMadison$2,000Sheriff reported flooding in Graniteville along Canal Street.
June 2015HailMadison-Public reported nickel size hail on Southern View Road southwest of Graniteville.

Every storm recorded in Aiken 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
Graniteville0.5 miles19
Warrenville0.5 miles19
Midland Valley0.6 miles19
Stiefeltown0.8 miles19
Mixville1.0 miles19
Rennie (historical)1.6 miles19
Gregg Park1.6 miles19
Gloverville2.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1224259. 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.