South Jackson, Michigan
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49201. The Survey maps it on the Jackson South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1935 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Jackson South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
31 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of South Jackson between 2015 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JACKSON FD 3240 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NAPOLEON TOWNSHIP FD 186 - 2019 |
| 25 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NAPOLEON TOWNSHIP FD 0000240 - 2018 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LIBERTY TOWNSHIP FD 99 - 2019 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUMMIT TOWNSHIP FD 0000701 - 2019 |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUMMIT TOWNSHIP FD 0000843 - 2018 |
| 20 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LIBERTY TOWNSHIP FD 0000120 - 2018 |
| 2 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LIBERTY TOWNSHIP FD 91 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of South Jackson: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stevick Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Jackson in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2010: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Jackson | - | Jackson county central dispatch reported that several trees were blown down across portions of the county. Very heavy rainfall also caused some street flooding in Napoleon and Vandercook Lake. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Jackson | - | One tree was blown down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Jackson | - | One tree was blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vandercook Lake | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Liberty | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Horton | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Clarklake | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Jackson | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| Spring Arbor | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Michigan Center | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Woodville | 7.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 638367. 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.







