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Jackson, South Carolina

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29831. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle. 1,521 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 203 feet above sea level.

Jackson within Aiken County

On record in Jackson

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Jackson fell from 1,700 to 1,521 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
20101,700
20201,521-179 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Jackson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,004 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Other causes1

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1994Debris and open burning6.0 acresSavannah River Forestnot named
19 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Jackson: 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, REE, Cobalt, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hollow CreekREEOccurrence
Silver BluffCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence
Hollow CreekThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Town CreekThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial

Every working recorded in Aiken County

Storms near this place

35 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jackson in 35 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 22 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Thunderstorm WindJackson$18,000Sheriff reported numerous trees down North Augusta, Aiken, Beech Island, and Jackson.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindJackson$12,000Savannah River Site reported trees down on Hwy 125. Vehicle ran into a tree.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindJackson$8,000Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down in the Jackson area.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindJackson$6,000Sheriff reported trees down on Atomic Road and Old Jackson Hwy.
July 1995HailJackson$5,000no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindJackson$4,000Sheriff reported trees down near Jackson.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindJackson$2,000DOE at SRS reported a couple of powerlines down and rear window of a vehicle broken by a downburst.
January 2014Thunderstorm WindJackson$1,000Sheriff reported a couple of trees down in Jackson.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindJackson-Jackson Police reported multiple trees and powerlines down in the town of Jackson along with hail of unknown size.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindJackson-Trees and power lines were downed in Jackson. Time estimated.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindJackson-SCHP reported trees down at Fischer Rd at Landing Rd near Jackson. Time estimated.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindJackson-Beech Island Fire Dept reported trees down on Old Jackson Hwy and Steed St. Time estimated.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindJackson-Spotter relayed a report of a couple of trees down near Jackson.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindJackson-Tree and limbs down on power lines.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindJackson-A tree down on roadway.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindJackson-Savannah River Site recorded a wind gust to 57mph.
June 2014HailJackson-Savannah River Site reported quarter size hail along Hwy 1 on the west side of the facility.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindJackson-Reported a line down due to trees on a power line.
July 2013HailJackson-Public reported ping pong ball size hail in Jackson.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindJackson-Beech Island Fire Department reportedd power lines down along Main Street in Jackson.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindJackson-Savannah River Site reported a wind gust to 61mph.
May 2008HailJackson-Public reported golf ball size hail covering the ground.
February 2005HailJackson-SKYWARN spotter reported golf ball size hail.
December 2005HailJackson-Fire Dept reported penny size hail.
December 2005HailJackson-Savannah RIver Site reported quarter size hail.
March 2003Thunderstorm WindJackson-Sheriff reported trees down in the southeast part of the county near the SRS.
May 2002HailJackson-Dept. of Energy at Savannah River Site reported golf ball size hail in Jackson.
July 2002HailJackson-Savannah River Site reported dime size hail.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindJackson-Police reported several large tree branches down.
April 1999HailJackson-Police reported dime size hail.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindJackson-Sheriff reported trees down.
January 1996HailJackson-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindJackson-no account filed
March 1996HailJackson-no account filed
May 1995HailJackson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Aiken 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
Hankinson2.4 miles19
Cowden2.7 miles19
Kathwood3.3 miles19
Bush (historical)4.2 miles19
Browns Hill4.3 miles19
Grays Landing4.4 miles19
Hawthorne (historical)4.7 miles18
Hollow Creek5.7 miles19

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 JacksonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1907202The 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 1246137. 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.