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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.

Jamestown within Berkeley County

Population over time

2 figures

Jamestown 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.

YearPeople Change
201072
202068-4 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

185 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism77
Debris and open burning45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2

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
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsTIMBER JACK
21 August 1999Natural4.0 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsLIGHTNING II
17 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 1999Naturalunder an acreFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsLIGHTNING I
23 July 2007Arson/incendiarism3.7 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsBRICK HOUSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkeley County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bass QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Wares Sante Hi Cal Lime MineCalciumProducer
Georgetown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jamestown PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Georgetown QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Schirmer QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownSedimentary
Ware QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Berkeley County

Storms near this place

14 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2011Thunderstorm WindJamestown$1,500The Berkeley County Warning Point reported trees down along Highway 45 in Jamestown, South Carolina.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindJamestown$1,000Two trees reported blown down in Jamestown.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindJamestown$1,000Law enforcement reported one tree down near the intersection of Highway 17A and French Santee Road.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindJamestown$1,000Law enforcement reported one tree down near the intersection of French Santee Road and Millwood Loop.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindJamestown$500The Jamestown, South Carolina Fire Department reported numerous large tree limbs down on Highway 45.
May 2024HailJamestown-The Jamestown NWS coop observer reported nickel sized hail.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindJamestown-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Mack Drive just north of Highway 17A near Jamestown.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindJamestown-The Berkeley County 911 Call Center reported a tree down across the 4000 block of Route 17A.
July 2012Heavy RainJamestown-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 2003Flash FloodJamestown-Two to 4 inches of rain fell in only a few hours causing roads to be flooded.
May 1994HailJamestown-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 2001HailJamestown-no account filed
February 1999HailJamestown-no account filed
May 1998HailJamestown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Berkeley 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
Washington1.7 miles8
Tiger Corner (historical)2.3 miles8
Beufordtown2.7 miles8
Palmerville3.2 miles8
Savanna Creek3.4 miles9
Simmonsville3.8 miles8
Turkey Pond4.3 miles8
Calestown5.0 miles9

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 JamestownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3240120The 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.