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Vaucluse, 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 29801. It stands on Good Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Graniteville quadrangle. It stands 331 feet above sea level.

Vaucluse within Aiken County

On record in Vaucluse

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 1 record

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

487 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 487 fires within 5 miles of Vaucluse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,250 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 47 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/undetermined155
Debris and open burning153
Misuse of fire by a minor57
Arson/incendiarism47
Equipment and vehicle use28
Natural19
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Smoking8
Other causes4
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2017Smoking2.0 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 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Vaucluse: 18 past producers, 9 unknowns, 5 producers. 5 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
Unnamed Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownIgneous Intrusion
Barden MineKaolinUnknown
Graniteville MineKaolinProducer
G.L.Williams PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gene Williams Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
McKie Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
McKie Sand Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
McKie Sand Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
McKie Sand Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Aiken County

Storms near this place

9 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vaucluse in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 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
July 2015Thunderstorm WindVaucluse$4,000Highway Patrol reported trees down along Old Graniteville Road and along I-20 near Vaucluse.
June 2013FloodVaucluse$2,000SC Highway Patrol reported a road closure on I-20 eastbound near mile marker 17.
March 2023HailVaucluse-Dime size hail reported on Interstate 20 near mile marker 15. Time estimated.
July 2022HailVaucluse-Nickel size hail reported on Vaucluse Road near Bridgestone.
February 2020Tornado (EF1)Vaucluse-A NWS Storm Survey Team determined that an EF-1 tornado, with wind speeds up to 105 mph, occurred north of Vaucluse in Aiken County, SC on Thursday, 2/6/20. The tornado began just beyond a perimeter trail on the southwest side of Stable View Farm. The tornado continued northeast across the farm where it snapped and uprooted numerous pine trees. The tornado caused minor roof damage to a barn, overturned a detached semi trailer, and destroyed 5 stables that were constructed of aluminum and hard vinyl along Springfield Church Road. The tornado then continued |northeast, crossing Westo Road, then causing damage around a house on Smith Lane where it overturned a small equipment trailer and a small RV trailer which then landed on top of an SUV. There was minor roof damage to the house along with numerous snapped and uprooted pine trees around the property. The tornado then lifted as it crossed a field on the north side of Smith Lane. Additional straight-line wind damage in the form of a few snapped or uprooted pine trees was observed northeast along Indian Springs Road to Old Lawson Road. The tornado was on the ground for approximately 1.15 miles and had a path width of around 75 yards at its widest point.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindVaucluse-Trees down at Vaucluse Rd and Hancock Rd.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindVaucluse-Law enforcement reported trees down along Vaucluse Road and Old Vaucluse Road.
June 2015HailVaucluse-Public reported dime to penny size hail.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindVaucluse-EPD reported trees down on vehicles.

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
Rennie (historical)2.3 miles19
Springdale2.4 miles19
Gregg Park2.7 miles19
Graniteville3.4 miles19
Rainbow Falls3.8 miles19
Madison3.9 miles19
Aiken Heights3.9 miles19
Kalmia Landing4.0 miles19

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 VaucluseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7917240The 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 1251291. 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.