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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.

Gadsden within Richland County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Gadsden 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,632
20201,301-331 (-20%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

286 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined99
Debris and open burning95
Arson/incendiarism47
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Natural10
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2007Debris and open burning6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2012Other causesunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Storms near this place

20 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2004Tornado (F2)Gadsden3 hurt, $100,000NWS survey found 3 mobile destroyed, several others damaged along with a couple of businesses. Three people were injured. Numerous trees and powerlines down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindGadsden$12,000Congaree National Park Services reported many trees down on the southeast end of the park.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindGadsden$2,000Highway Patrol reported trees down near Gadsden.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindGadsden$500Forestry Service reported a tree down on South Cedar Creek Road in Congaree National Park.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGadsden-SC DPS reported tree down on Bluff Rd near Sims Rd. Time estimated by radar.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindGadsden-SCHP reported a tree down on Old Isaac Rd.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindGadsden-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 2021Thunderstorm WindGadsden-SCHP reported trees down on Congaree Rd at Gadsden Community Center Rd just north of Gadsden. Time estimated.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGadsden-SCHP reported trees down on Goodwin Rd at Goodwin Way. Time estimated.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGadsden-Several trees down within Congaree National Park. A portion of the lower boardwalk was damaged due to fallen trees.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGadsden-SCHP reported tree in roadway at Dry Branch Rd at Bluff Rd. Time estimated.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindGadsden-Law enforcement reported a tree down at the intersection of Clarkson Road and Bluff Road.
October 2015Heavy RainGadsden-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 2009Thunderstorm WindGadsden-Congaree National Park Ranger reported large limbs fell and damaged the boardwalk in the park.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGadsden-Park Rangers at the Congaree National Park reported several large limbs fell and damaged the boardwalk.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGadsden-Park service reported a couple trees and several large limbs down on the boardwalk at the Congaree National Park.
May 2006HailGadsden-Public reported 3/4 inch hail in the Gadsden area.
March 2003HailGadsden-Post Office reported 3/4 inch hail.
April 2003HailGadsden-Post Office reported dime size hail just south of Gadsen.
May 1999HailGadsden-Post Office reported nickel size hail.

Every storm recorded in Richland 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
Weston3.3 miles18
Congaree4.3 miles17
Eastover4.4 miles15
Kingville4.6 miles15
Pinewood5.6 miles17
Bruner6.6 miles17
Hopkins7.1 miles17
Wateree7.3 miles15

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 GadsdenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5516444The 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.