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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1896 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Holly Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
254 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 118 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020STEPHENS001 |
| 4 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-STEPHENS-001 |
| 17 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cox Prospect | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Mica Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
10 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2002 | Hail | Madison | $500,000 | Widespread damage to buildings and vehicles was reported. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $50,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were reported down. In addition, gutters were reportedly torn off of some homes. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $10,000 | Public reported trees uprooted in the Westminster area, with one tree down on a house. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $5,000 | County 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 2018 | Hail | Madison | - | Public reported (via Social Media) 3/4 inch diameter hail west of Westminster. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Madison | - | Public reported quarter size hail at Highway 123 and Jenkins Bridge Rd. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Madison | - | Public reported quarter size hail on Toccoa Highway. |
| October 2014 | Tornado (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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | 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 2010 | Flash Flood | Madison | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Madison | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Harbin (historical) | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Horse Shoe (historical) | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Dixon Crossroads | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Percival Crossroads | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Tabor | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Chauga Heights | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Holly Springs | 5.3 miles | 17 |
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.






