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Jacksons Gap, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dadeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36861. The Survey maps it on the Jacksons Gap quadrangle. 747 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 640 feet above sea level.

Jacksons Gap within Tallapoosa County

Population over time

2 figures

Jacksons Gap fell from 828 to 747 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010828
2020747-81 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

201 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Jacksons Gap between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,141 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 48 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 burning87
Arson/incendiarism48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes1
Smoking1

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 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190908-7
8 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190831-2
28 August 1998Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2000Natural1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Jacksons Gap: 4 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Talc-Soapstone, Mica. 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
W W Hicks MineMicaPast Producer
Perry Wise-Sanders ProspectTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceTalc
W.B.Railey Asbestos ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Al King MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Alabama King MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Bonner-Terrell MineGoldPast ProducerGold
Franklin MineGoldOccurrenceGold
Holly ProspectGoldOccurrence1911
Preacher Gunn ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold

Every working recorded in Tallapoosa County

Storms near this place

23 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jacksons Gap in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 17 thunderstorm wind, 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 1996Tornado (F1)Jacksons Gap$150,000no account filed
March 1999Thunderstorm WindJacksons Gap$10,000Several trees were knocked down by wind gusts in Jacksons Gap.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindJacksons Gap$4,000Several trees were blown down across US highway 280 near Jacksons Gap.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindJacksons Gap$3,000Trees were knocked down just to the northwest of Dadeville.
March 2003HailJacksons Gap$3,000Marble to golf ball size hail fell from near Lake Martin to near Jackson's Gap.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindJacksons Gap$3,000Several trees and power lines were blown down across central Tallapoosa County. A funnel cloud was reported near Jackson's Gap.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindJacksons Gap$2,000Several trees were blown down and blocked a roadway in the Peckerwood Community.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindJacksons Gap$1,000A few trees were blown down in the Jacksons Gap community.
January 2026Thunderstorm WindJacksons Gap-A tree was downed on Canadian Drive near Jacksons Gap.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindJacksons Gap-Multiple trees were downed on Davis Circle near West Lafayette St and Pear Tree Ln.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindJacksons Gap-Multiple trees were downed across Horseshoe Bend Road near Wisel Road. ALDOT reported to clear trees from the scene.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindJacksons Gap-Multiple trees were blown down around Jacksons Gap.
March 2023HailJacksons Gap-Golf ball size hail reported in Jackson's Gap.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindJacksons Gap-Several trees uprooted in Jackson's Gap.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindJacksons Gap-Several trees uprooted north of the town of Dadeville.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindJacksons Gap-Several trees uprooted across the town of Jackson's Gap.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindJacksons Gap-Several trees uprooted and blocking both lanes of traffic on Horseshoe Bend Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindJacksons Gap-A few trees uprooted near the town of Jacksons Gap.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindJacksons Gap-Several trees were uprooted along Highway 38.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindJacksons Gap-Trees were blown down along Main St.
December 2005HailJacksons Gap-Penny to quarter size hail was reported in Jacksons Gap.
March 2003HailJacksons Gap-Nickel size hail was reported near Jackson's Gap.
March 2011HailJacksons Gap-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tallapoosa 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
Sturdivant2.7 miles11
North Dadeville2.9 miles12
Midway3.1 miles11
Greenbriar3.1 miles12
Russell Ferry Estates3.7 miles11
Piney Point3.9 miles12
Lake Hill Estates3.9 miles12
River Bend4.0 miles12

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 Jacksons GapAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q67541The 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 120788. 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.