Monticello, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Monticello-Salem Crossroads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29065. The Survey maps it on the Jenkinsville quadrangle. It stands 499 feet above sea level.
On record in Monticello
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 4 records
Davis Plantationlisted 1971
Fonti Flora Plantationlisted 1979
Monticello Methodist Churchlisted 1984
Monticello Store and Post Officelisted 1984
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1904 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Jenkinsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
3 photographs, 1939Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
150 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Monticello between 1992 and 2020, burning about 582 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 6 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 | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.4 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | FS400 |
| 29 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Monticello: 8 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Stone, Dimension, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monticello Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1975, 1978 | |
| Unnamed Dimension Stone Quarry | Stone, Dimension, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Igneous Intrusion | |
| Anderson Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Number 126 Quarry | Granite | Unknown | Igneous | |
| Anderson Quarry | Granite, Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | 1898 | |
| Job 126 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Leiper-Davis Quarry | Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1900 | |
| Unnamed Dimension Stone | Granite, Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Igneous Intrusion | |
| Unnamed Dimension Stone Quarry | Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Igneous Intrusion | |
| Unnamed Dimension Stone Quarry | Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Igneous Intrusion |
Storms near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monticello in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $10,000 | EM reported many trees down in the western part of Fairfield county. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $6,000 | Fairfield Electric reported power outages on Hwy 213 from trees down on powerlines. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Monticello | $5,000 | Public reported nickel to quarter size hail and strong winds near Monticello in western Fairfield County. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $4,000 | DOT reported several trees down along Hwy SC215 in western Fairfield County. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Monticello | - | A National Weather Service storm survey team confirmed a brief EF-0 tornado with peak winds of 80 mph in Northwestern Fairfield County during the early morning hours of May 9th. The tornado likely began in a wooded area northwest of Clark Bridge Road.|It then crossed the road while moving southeast resulting in multiple downed or snapped trees in and around properties in the 3900 block of Clark Bridge Road. The tornado then likely lifted a short distance beyond Clark Bridge Road in the woods |behind the impacted properties shortly before reaching Crumpton Creek. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | Fairfield County dispatch reports a tree down along Hwy. 215 at Meadow Lake Road. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | Trees on power lines along Baltic Cir north of Jenkinsville. Time estimated. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Monticello | - | Public reported nickel size hail. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | DOT reported a few trees down on secondary roads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawkins | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Sueville (historical) | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Salem Crossroads | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Rock Creek | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Strother | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Jenkinsville | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Parr | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lebanon | 6.4 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Monticello | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6905939 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231555. 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.







