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Madison, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Westminster census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29693. The Survey maps it on the Holly Springs quadrangle.

Madison within Oconee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

254 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 254 fires within 5 miles of Madison between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,349 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 29 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 burning118
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Arson/incendiarism29
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes2

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
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2019Debris and open burning1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020STEPHENS001
4 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-STEPHENS-001
17 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Madison: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold. 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
Cox ProspectGoldProspect
Unnamed Mica ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Oconee County

Storms near this place

10 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madison in 10 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
April 2002HailMadison$500,000Widespread damage to buildings and vehicles was reported.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindMadison$50,000Numerous trees and power lines were reported down. In addition, gutters were reportedly torn off of some homes.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMadison$10,000Public reported trees uprooted in the Westminster area, with one tree down on a house.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMadison$5,000County comms reported multiple trees blown down from the Stephens County, GA line to the Westminster area. One tree fell on power lines and another fell on a vehicle in Westminster.
March 2018HailMadison-Public reported (via Social Media) 3/4 inch diameter hail west of Westminster.
May 2016HailMadison-Public reported quarter size hail at Highway 123 and Jenkins Bridge Rd.
May 2016HailMadison-Public reported quarter size hail on Toccoa Highway.
October 2014Tornado (EF0)Madison-NWS Storm Survey team found the short path of a weak tornado on the grounds of a wilderness school off of Highway 76 near Westminster. Damage was confined to a couple of dozen uprooted trees in this rural area.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMadison-Several trees and a few power lines were blown down in and near Westminster. Multiple trees were also blown down along Coffee Rd to the southwest of Walhalla as well as in Walhalla. Several trees fell on homes and vehicles.
June 2010Flash FloodMadison-Several roads were closed in the southern part of the county due to flooded streams. Some roads affected by flooding included Dr. Johns Rd and Mullins Ford Rd.

Every storm recorded in Oconee 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
Old Madison1.5 miles18
Harbin (historical)2.2 miles17
Horse Shoe (historical)3.3 miles17
Dixon Crossroads3.6 miles18
Percival Crossroads4.3 miles17
Tabor4.4 miles18
Chauga Heights4.6 miles17
Holly Springs5.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231516. 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.