BlockJackson, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Plantersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29440. It stands on Chapel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waverly Mills quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1942 USGS Waverly Mills quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
192 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Jackson between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,774 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 48 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 | 67 |
| Debris and open burning | 62 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1999 | Natural | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jackson in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson | $15,000 | Multiple trees were reported down along Jackson Village Road. Some of the trees fell onto a house as well as on power lines. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilliard | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Belin | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Waverly Mills | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Anne | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Chapel Creek | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| River Oaks Estates | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Chapel Creek Villas | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Campfield | 3.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231425. 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.