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Jackson, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Jackson City. It lies in ZIP code area 45640. It stands on Sugar Run. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle. 6,252 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 692 feet above sea level.

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Jackson within Jackson County

Population over time

2 figures

Jackson fell from 6,397 to 6,252 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. 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.

Year	People	Change
2010	6,397
2020	6,252	-145 (-2%)

Then and now

1913 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jackson, surveyed 1980

Topographic sheet of Jackson, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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.

Photographs

8 photographs, 1936

Taken 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.

Kitchen table seen through window of rehabilitation client's home, Jackson County, Ohio
Jung, Theodor, 1936. Library of Congress

Neglected horse owned by rehabilitation client, Jackson County, Ohio
Jung, Theodor, 1936. Library of Congress

Jefferson furnace-made iron for "Monitor" in Civil War, not far from Jackson, Ohio
Jung, Theodor, 1936. Library of Congress

Part of family of rehabilitation client, Jackson County, Ohio
Jung, Theodor, 1936. Library of Congress

Resettlement Administration representative at door of rehabilitation client's house, Jackson County, Ohio
Jung, Theodor, 1936. Library of Congress

Rehabilitation client looking over farm implements, Jackson, Ohio
Jung, Theodor, 1936. Library of Congress

Interior of rehabilitation client's cabin, Jackson, Ohio
Jung, Theodor, 1936. Library of Congress

Fires nearby

26 since 2006

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Jackson between 2006 and 2019, burning about 45 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Arson/incendiarism	1
Smoking	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
14 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.2 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
27 June 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 May 2008	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
7 April 2012	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
13 April 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 April 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
10 April 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
1 April 2015	Misuse of fire by a minor	3.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	658

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,406 shown

Museums hold 1,406 specimens collected within 10 miles of Jackson between 1878 and 1975: 645 Animalia, 594 Plantae, 161 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 'Odell, D., A. Cronquist, A. M. Evans and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Metzgeria furcata (L.) Corda	1925	Mrs. Bayard R. Taylor	White's Gulch
Calodon	1936	Cooke, William Bridge	Little Salt Creek
Calvatia caelata (Bull.) Morgan	1936	Cooke, William Bridge	Little Salt Creek
Houstonia caerulea L.	1878	Guttenberg, G.	Hamden
Krigia biflora (Walter) S.F.Blake	1878	Guttenberg, G.	Hamden
Luzula multiflora (Ehrh.) Lej.	1878	None	Hamden
Plantago lanceolata L.	1878	Guttenberg, G.	Hamden
Ardea herodias herodias Linnaeus, 1758	1899	Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)	near South Webster, Jackson, Ohio, USA
Rorippa Scop.	1905	F. Bartley	3 mi south of Jackson
Coleosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm.	1915	Hedgcock G. G.	Jackson
Trametes robiniophila Murrill	1916	MCCLEDROTLE G. A.?	Coalton
Eriophyes laevis (Nalepa, 1889)	1923	Miller, A. E. (August E.)	Jackson Co., OH, U.S.A.

All 1,406 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Jackson: 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Chromium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Davis Refractories/ Jackson, Ohio	Chromium	Unknown
Jackson County Hwy Dept.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Cambria Clay Brick Plant #5	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Durex Mill	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms nearby

60 of 87 shown

The National Weather Service names Jackson in 87 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 44 thunderstorm wind, 25 hail, 7 flash flood, 7 flood. 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 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$1,500,000	Scattered locations throughout the county had large trees and branches blown down. Around 8,000 customers lost electric power. Even a nursing home facility did not have power restored until 4 days after the storm.\|\|Damage assessment across the county included 2 homes destroyed and 2 with major damage. The public infrastructure damage assessment was around $600.000.
May 2001	Flash Flood	Jackson	$200,000	The sheriff reported 20 roads flooded by small streams. A 300 acre freshwater impoundment near Oak Hill spilled over the dam, taking some rocks with it. Water came through the emergency spillway as it was designed. About 160 tons of limestone was trucked in, to reinforce the 15 foot dam. A state official said, "it was a catastrophic rainfall."
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$200,000	no account filed
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$100,000	Trees were knocked down along Beaver Pike and around Hammertown Lake. Furniture blew through one window of a house. At least one house sustained roof damage.
July 2000	Hail	Jackson	$50,000	The sheriff's department and the public both reported large hail that damaged a few vehicles.
February 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$50,000	Trees were blown across power lines, onto the roof of homes and across one car. The windows were blown out of several homes.
May 1998	Hail	Jackson	$50,000	no account filed
May 2024	Tornado (EF1)	Jackson	$30,000	A tornado touched down near Mount Zion Road where some minor tree damage occurred and swirl patterns were found in a hay field. The tornado tracked northeastward across State Route 139 where tree damage occurred and an outbuilding was damaged. It continued to skip along causing intermittent tree damage in neighborhoods north of State Route 32. The tornado knocked a tree down onto a vehicle at Hope Haven School then snapped or uprooted several trees, some onto vehicles, behind Rowdy's Smokehouse. This is where the tornado reached maximum EF1 intensity with winds estimated up to 90 miles per hour. \|\|The tornado then crossed Main Street, ripped a portion of the roof of of the Tractor Supply building, flipped over a parked semi trailer in the parking lot and then caused roof damage to buildings in the Senior Village. Some minor tree damage was then noted to the east of US-35 along Pattonsville Road where the tornado path ended.\|\|This was the 8th known tornado in Jackson County and the 2nd so far this year.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$25,000	Multiple trees were blown down in the town of Jackson, some of which fell onto vehicles. Structural damage to commercial and residential buildings were observed, including roof damage in the southern part of the city along and near Route 93, just north of Route 124.
May 1998	Hail	Jackson	$25,000	no account filed
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$20,000	Numerous areas of damage were observed along Route 124 in the vicinity of a hospital south of the town of Jackson. The damage included numerous downed trees and power lines, sections of roofs peeled off, and semi-trucks that were flipped over.
May 2011	Hail	Jackson	$20,000	no account filed
May 2006	Heavy Rain	Jackson	$15,000	Localized rains of 2 to 3 inches likely fell in about 2 hours from a small cluster of training thunderstorms. Street flooding occurred from full culverts and drainage pipes. Water damaged carpet at the middle school.
July 2000	Flash Flood	Jackson	$15,000	Rains of 2 to 3 inches in less than 3 hours caused basement flooding in the town of Jackson and caused streams to block roads in Madison Township.
July 2015	Flash Flood	Jackson	$10,000	Streams overflowed onto roads. In addition, urban street flooding occurred.
April 2014	Flood	Jackson	$10,000	Several roads were closed by stream flooding, mostly in the eastern part of the county. A few examples were Keystone Furnace Road, Antioch Road, Moriah Road, and Cherry Fork Road. No structures were flooded.
February 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$10,000	Trees were blown down. Some power lines were also knocked down by the falling trees.
August 2010	Flash Flood	Jackson	$10,000	Small streams overflowed and blocked roads from the city of Jackson on into rural areas north and east of town.
April 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$10,000	no account filed
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$5,000	Trees were blown down along Route 32.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$5,000	Several trees were blown down in town.
April 2011	Flood	Jackson	$5,000	Streams overflowed and blocked roads. No homes were flooded.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$5,000	Trees were blown down.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$5,000	Several trees and large branches were down in the Limerick to Oakland region.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$5,000	Trees downed, some on power lines and across roads.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$5,000	no account filed
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$5,000	no account filed
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$4,000	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down along Rock Run Road near the town of Buffalo.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$3,000	Downed trees and power lines were observed along Jisco West Road, State Route 39, and Petersburg Road.
April 2025	Flood	Jackson	$3,000	Salt Lick Creek rose out of its banks and started to enter homes.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$3,000	Several trees were downed across the city of Jackson.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$3,000	no account filed
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$3,000	no account filed
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$2,000	One tree was blown down near the intersection of Smith Bridge Road and Chillicothe Park. A nearby home weather station measured a wind gust of 80 mph.
February 2019	Flood	Jackson	$2,000	Several of the low spots along State Route 788 between Jackson and Wellston flooded, closing that stretch of highway.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$2,000	Multiple trees were knocked down as a thunderstorm moved through.
November 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$2,000	A few trees were blown down around the town.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$2,000	Large tree branches were knocked down.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$2,000	Several trees and large branches fell.
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$2,000	A few large trees were blown down, resulting in some power outages.
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$2,000	Large trees and branches were knocked down.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$2,000	no account filed
May 2004	Flash Flood	Jackson	$2,000	no account filed
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$2,000	no account filed
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$2,000	no account filed
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$1,500	Trees and power lines fell down in Jackson.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$1,000	In the town of Jackson, small branches and a power pole were downed.
July 2018	Flash Flood	Jackson	$1,000	Following a couple inches of rainfall in around an hour, high water covered some roads in Jackson County. This included Main Street in Jackson and several roads in Wellston.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$1,000	Large branches were blown down.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$1,000	Large branches were blown down and siding was torn off a house.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$1,000	Several large tree branches were blown down.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$1,000	Trees and large branches fell across roads in the vicinity of Bronx Corner.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$500	Branches up to 2.75 inches in diameter were broken from multiple trees near the town of Jackson.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$500	A tree was blown down along State Route 139 in Jackson.
September 2018	Flood	Jackson	$500	Four Mile Creek flooded, closing a section of Four Mile Road.
June 2025	Flash Flood	Jackson	-	Athens Street was closed due to high water in the town of Jackson.
July 2025	Flood	Jackson	-	Huron Street was closed due to flooding from Harris Street to Burlington Road.
April 2024	Flood	Jackson	-	State Route 788 was closed from flooding between Owen Street and Fairgreens Road.
May 2020	Hail	Jackson	-	Quarter size hail happening at time of call, some stones possibly larger.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	-	Trees were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Jackson Heights	1.5 miles	14
Sharon	2.0 miles	14
Petrea	2.4 miles	14
Chapman	2.7 miles	14
Jonestown	3.0 miles	14
Buffalo	3.1 miles	14
Davisville	3.4 miles	14
Coalton	4.5 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 Jackson	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1903275	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 1061427. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.