Gadsden, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Hopkins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29052. The Survey maps it on the Gadsden quadrangle. 1,301 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 150 feet above sea level.
On record in Gadsden
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 3 records
John J. Kaminer Houselisted 1986
Richland Presbyterian Churchlisted 1986- Oakwoodlisted 1986
Population over time
2 figuresGadsden fell from 1,632 to 1,301 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,632 | |
| 2020 | 1,301 | -331 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1948 USGS Hopkins quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
286 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of Gadsden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,824 acres in total. 10 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/undetermined | 99 |
| Debris and open burning | 95 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
20 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gadsden in 20 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2004 | Tornado (F2) | Gadsden | 3 hurt, $100,000 | NWS survey found 3 mobile destroyed, several others damaged along with a couple of businesses. Three people were injured. Numerous trees and powerlines down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gadsden | $12,000 | Congaree National Park Services reported many trees down on the southeast end of the park. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gadsden | $2,000 | Highway Patrol reported trees down near Gadsden. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gadsden | $500 | Forestry Service reported a tree down on South Cedar Creek Road in Congaree National Park. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gadsden | - | SC DPS reported tree down on Bluff Rd near Sims Rd. Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gadsden | - | SCHP reported a tree down on Old Isaac Rd. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gadsden | - | Trees were reported downed at the Congaree National Park. One at the entrance road to the park and another on the boardwalk from the visitors center. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gadsden | - | SCHP reported trees down on Congaree Rd at Gadsden Community Center Rd just north of Gadsden. Time estimated. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gadsden | - | SCHP reported trees down on Goodwin Rd at Goodwin Way. Time estimated. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gadsden | - | Several trees down within Congaree National Park. A portion of the lower boardwalk was damaged due to fallen trees. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gadsden | - | SCHP reported tree in roadway at Dry Branch Rd at Bluff Rd. Time estimated. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gadsden | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down at the intersection of Clarkson Road and Bluff Road. |
| October 2015 | Heavy Rain | Gadsden | - | Mesonet Station 6 SW Eastover, GDNS1, reportged 6.70 inches of rain in the past 24 hours. Event total so far 7.36 inches. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gadsden | - | Congaree National Park Ranger reported large limbs fell and damaged the boardwalk in the park. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gadsden | - | Park Rangers at the Congaree National Park reported several large limbs fell and damaged the boardwalk. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gadsden | - | Park service reported a couple trees and several large limbs down on the boardwalk at the Congaree National Park. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Gadsden | - | Public reported 3/4 inch hail in the Gadsden area. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Gadsden | - | Post Office reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Gadsden | - | Post Office reported dime size hail just south of Gadsen. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Gadsden | - | Post Office reported nickel size hail. |
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.
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 Gadsden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5516444 | 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 1249488. 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.










