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Ricetown, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Ridgeland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29936. It stands on Captain Bill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coosawhatchie quadrangle.

Ricetown within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

632 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 632 fires within 5 miles of Ricetown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,980 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 143 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 burning223
Missing data/not specified/undetermined215
Arson/incendiarism143
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Equipment and vehicle use18
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Smoking3

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
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Storms near this place

9 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ricetown in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2025Thunderstorm WindRicetown$1,000Jasper County dispatch reported a tree down near Log Hall Road and Wooden Horse Run.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindRicetown$1,000Law enforcement reported one tree down near the intersection of Jacob Smart Boulevard and Interstate 95.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindRicetown$500South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down along Interstate 95 southbound at mile marker 22.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindRicetown-The Jasper County 911 Call Center reported a tree down along the 12000 Block of North Jacob Smart Boulevard.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindRicetown-Jasper County dispatch reported a tree down across power lines near the intersection of Grays Highway and Calf Pen Bay Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindRicetown-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Interstate 95 near Highway 17.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindRicetown-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at the intersection of Highway 278 and Calf Pen Bay Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindRicetown-Law enforcement reported a tree down on Jasper Highway near Highway 17.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindRicetown-Law enforcement reported a tree down on Log Haul Road.

Every storm recorded in Jasper 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
Ridgeland2.6 miles15
Bashan2.6 miles19
Grahamville3.0 miles15
Mitchellville4.0 miles15
Murad5.3 miles15
Coosawhatchie5.4 miles19
Old House5.4 miles15
Nevadum5.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231720. 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.