Gilbert, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gilbert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29054. The Survey maps it on the Gilbert quadrangle. 571 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 535 feet above sea level.

Gilbert within Lexington County

Population over time

3 figures

Gilbert grew from 500 to 571 between 2000 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
2000	500
2010	565	+65 (+13%)
2020	571	+6 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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.

1944 USGS Gilbert quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
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
1983 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:100000
1986 USGS Gilbert quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

268 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Gilbert between 1992 and 2020, burning about 498 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 16 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	129
Debris and open burning	64
Misuse of fire by a minor	17
Arson/incendiarism	16
Natural	14
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Railroad operations and maintenance	8
Smoking	3
Other causes	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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 2019	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2001	Debris and open burning	15 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lexington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Gilbert: 6 past producers, 6 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand. 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	Recorded
Bowers Mine	Sand	Unknown	Sedimentary
Rawl-Cotton Branch Road Mine	Sand	Unknown	Sedimentary
Adolphus Hite Kaolin Pit	Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Clamp Kaolin Pit	Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Hoyt-Hite Kaolin Pit	Clay	Unknown	Sedimentary
Gilbert Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Leesville Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Sedimentary
Leesville Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Leesville Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Summit Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Lexington County

Storms near this place

55 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilbert in 55 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 31 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 5 tornado, 3 flash 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
October 2015	Flash Flood	Gilbert	$100,000	SC Highway Patrol reports roadway washout at Hayes Crossing Road and Windy Road.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	$60,000	EM reported several trees down, a dock destroyed, and a boat overturned at 622 East Point road on Lake Murray. SCE&G reoprted many poles and power lines down.
July 2012	Hail	Gilbert	$20,000	Public reported Hen egg size hail.
July 2012	Hail	Gilbert	$15,000	Public reported golfball size hail.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	$8,000	Sheriff reported trees down in the Gilbert area on Juniper Springs, Pond Branch, and Neely Wingard roads.
July 2012	Hail	Gilbert	$5,000	Public reported quarter size hail.
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	$4,000	Highway Patrol reported trees down at the intersection of Crout Place and Old Charleston roads.
August 2013	Flash Flood	Gilbert	$4,000	Highway Patrol reported Wire road closed between Juniper Springs and Taylor Street in Gilbert. Other rural roads that were closed included Martin Smith, Sarah Ann, and Neely Wingard due to high water covering the roads.
April 2011	Hail	Gilbert	$4,000	Public reported quarter size hail in Gilbert.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	$3,000	DOT reported trees down along Juniper Spring Road near Two Notch Road. Large limbs were also down in Gilbert.
June 2015	Flash Flood	Gilbert	$2,000	Dispatch reported flash flooding around Gilbert closing several roads.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	$2,000	Highway Patrol reported trees down at Exit 44 on I-20.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	$2,000	Public reported several trees down just northeast of Gilbert on hwy 604.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	SC Highway Patrol reported a tree down on I20 near mile marker 44.
January 2023	Tornado (EF0)	Gilbert	-	A National Weather Service survey team confirmed an EF-0 tornado with peak winds\|of 80 mph that tracked across western Lexington County, southeast of Gilbert. The\|tornado began just west of Liberty Hill Road then crossed Calks Ferry Road, before\|dissipating near Nazareth Road. Over the 1.4 mile track, the tornado produced sporadic\|damage, snapping and uprooting multiple pine trees and downing power lines along Calks\|Ferry Road.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	Public report of several large trees downed about 2 miles south of Gilbert. Time estimated.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	DOT reports tree on roadway near exit 44 of I-20.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	Lexington County EM reported downed trees and power lines on Lost Branch Rd near the intersection of Jeter Rd. The EM also reported trees downed on the 1100 block of Calks Ferry as well as Augusta Highway near the intersection of Calks Ferry Rd. Time estimated by radar.
May 2022	Hail	Gilbert	-	Quarter size hail just southeast of Gilbert. Time estimated by radar.
October 2019	Tornado (EF1)	Gilbert	-	A tornado touched down near the intersection of Roy Steele Rd and Crosby Rd, just NE of the town of Gilbert. It moved quickly to the NE at nearly 50 mph. It ended near the intersection of Drawbill Rd and Austin McCartha Rd. Much of the damage was \|confined to trees that were both hardwood and softwood. The tornado downed large tree limbs, uprooted a tree and snapped a couple of softwood trees approximately \|20 to 30 feet off the ground. The strong winds blew a piece of sheet metal that wrapped itself around a tree trunk.
March 2019	Tornado (EF1)	Gilbert	-	A tornado touched down near Blackthorn Dr and Two Notch Rd southeast of Gilbert, then tracked in a general ENE direction for approximately 11 miles, crossing I-20 between mile markers 48-49, then moving across Longs Pond Rd, Muddy Springs\|Rd, S Lake Dr and Emanuel Church Rd, before dissipating near Kitti Wake Dr near Red Bank. The tornado snapped and uprooted numerous hardwood and softwood trees, causing damage to support columns at Red Bank Baptist Church, and resulted in roof and property damage to several homes.
April 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	A downburst, producing wind gusts estimated at 80 to 105 MPH, damaged two single wide mobile homes, downed over a half dozen trees, and snapped power poles, on Martin Smith Rd. A small outdoor building rolled over with two teenagers inside, both had no injuries. Two dog pens were damaged as they were moved 10 to 25 yards. The dogs were unharmed.
April 2018	Tornado (EF2)	Gilbert	-	The tornado began near Two Notch Rd near Hayes Crossing Rd. The tornado continued on a N to NNE path for approximately 3.0 miles, crossing Semm Sease Rd, Wire Rd,\|Isiah Hall Rd, Crosby Rd, Austin McCartha Dr, then dissipating near the intersection of Windy Rd and Walter Taylor Rd. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted along the path. This also includes small and large limbs downed. A few power lines were snapped along the path. The most destructive area was where the tornado moved through a group of 7 chicken houses along Semm Sease Rd. It was at this location that the tornado reached its maximum strength and path width. Several structures, vehicles \|and two campers were damaged along the path. Peak winds were estimated to be 120 mph.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	NWS Storm Survey Team found a couple of large trees that had some large branches spanned off due to straight line thunderstorm winds. Estimated peak wind gusts up to 70 MPH.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	SCHP reported trees down on Two Notch Rd and Oscar Price Rd.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	A large oak tree was brought down, with small hail also occurring, at Bridgewood Ct in Gilbert. Wind speed was estimated to be around 75 MPH.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	Fence around properties blown over near Juniper Springs Rd and Tiger Circle. Multiple trees snapped. Barn with cinder block walls blown out.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	Public report via social media of trees down, including one down on a house.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	Social Media report with images of multiple trees down near the town of Gilbert, SC. Time estimated from public reports and radar data.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	Utility Company reported multiple trees down on power lines between Batesburg-Leesville and Pelion.
April 2012	Hail	Gilbert	-	Public reported dime to nickel size hail near Gilbert.
March 2012	Hail	Gilbert	-	Public reported quarter size hail in Gilbert.
March 2012	Hail	Gilbert	-	SKYWARN Spotter reported hail east of Gilbert along Hwy 1.
April 2012	Hail	Gilbert	-	Public reported dime to nickel size hail in Gilbert.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	Reported several shingles blown off Post Office building.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	Sheriff reported large trees down just north of the Gilbert area.
March 2008	Hail	Gilbert	-	SKYWARN spotter reported nickel size hail just south of Gilbert.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	Sheriff reported several trees down in Batesburg.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	Gilbert FD reported two trees down on Harley Taylor road and US 1.
May 2006	Hail	Gilbert	-	Sheriff reported nickel size hail.
May 2006	Hail	Gilbert	-	Public reported nickel quarter size hail.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	Sheriff reported large limbs down in Gilbert on Peachtree Extention Rd.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	EM reported some trees and powerlines down on Boiling Springs, Pond Branch, and Calks Ferry roads.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	Highway Dept. reported powerlines down in the Gilbert area.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	SKYWARN spotter reported trees down powerlines down in Gilbert and up to western Lake Murray.
September 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	Sheriff reported trees down in the Gilbert area and in Heritage Hills subdivision of Lexington.
April 2002	Hail	Gilbert	-	Sheriff reported ambulance driver called in dime size hail and heavy rain on U.S.1 heading toward Leesville.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	EOC reported a couple trees down on secondary roads.
December 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	Sherff reported trees down.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	Two large steel bilboards torn apart by intense winds along I-20.
April 1998	Hail	Gilbert	-	Spotter reports dime size hail.
April 1998	Hail	Gilbert	-	Spotter reports dime size hail.
April 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Gilbert	-	Minor wind damage to Town Hall. Permanent sign and awning destroyed.
August 1994	Tornado (F2)	Gilbert	-	Tornado observed as it touched down and damaged trees and home in southeast Edmund. It lifted and moved across Edmund Fire Station, then touched down and damaged pine forest immediately north of Edmund.
October 1995	Hail	Gilbert	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lexington 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
Summit	1.5 miles	12
Murray	2.4 miles	12
Clubhouse Crossroads	2.5 miles	12
Elsie	3.2 miles	12
Fredonia	3.6 miles	12
Ethon Crossroads	4.3 miles	12
Priceville	5.2 miles	12
Barr Crossing	5.4 miles	12

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 Gilbert	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2203159	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 1245735. 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.