Jamestown, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cordesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29453. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle. 68 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 30 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresJamestown fell from 72 to 68 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 | 72 | |
| 2020 | 68 | -4 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1943 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
185 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Jamestown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,020 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 77 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 77 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | TIMBER JACK |
| 21 August 1999 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | LIGHTNING II |
| 17 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | LIGHTNING I |
| 23 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.7 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | BRICK HOUSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Jamestown: 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Limestone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bass Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Wares Sante Hi Cal Lime Mine | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Georgetown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jamestown Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Georgetown Quarry | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Schirmer Quarry | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Ware Quarry | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jamestown in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamestown | $1,500 | The Berkeley County Warning Point reported trees down along Highway 45 in Jamestown, South Carolina. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamestown | $1,000 | Two trees reported blown down in Jamestown. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamestown | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported one tree down near the intersection of Highway 17A and French Santee Road. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamestown | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported one tree down near the intersection of French Santee Road and Millwood Loop. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamestown | $500 | The Jamestown, South Carolina Fire Department reported numerous large tree limbs down on Highway 45. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Jamestown | - | The Jamestown NWS coop observer reported nickel sized hail. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamestown | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Mack Drive just north of Highway 17A near Jamestown. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamestown | - | The Berkeley County 911 Call Center reported a tree down across the 4000 block of Route 17A. |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Jamestown | - | Several inches of water near Hell Hole Swamp at the cross roads of Route 41 and Route 45. The roads remain open and passable. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Jamestown | - | Two to 4 inches of rain fell in only a few hours causing roads to be flooded. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Jamestown | - | An area of thunderstorms, some locally severe, developed ahead of a cold front as it moved across central and northeastern South Carolina. Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and heavily damaged a barn 2 miles south of Blenheim in Marlboro County. Downed trees blocked a road at Jamison in Orangeburg County. Wind also downed power lines at Manning in Clarendon County. Small hail reported in northeast Berkeley County. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Jamestown | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Hail | Jamestown | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Jamestown | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Tiger Corner (historical) | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Beufordtown | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Palmerville | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Savanna Creek | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Simmonsville | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Turkey Pond | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Calestown | 5.0 miles | 9 |
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 Jamestown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3240120 | 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 1229846. 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.




