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Ridgeland, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Ridgeland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29936. The Survey maps it on the Ridgeland quadrangle. 3,758 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 56 feet above sea level.

Ridgeland within Jasper County

On record in Ridgeland

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

On the National Register 3 records

Population over time

3 figures

Ridgeland grew from 2,518 to 3,758 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.

YearPeople Change
20002,518
20104,036+1,518 (+60%)
20203,758-278 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

807 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 807 fires within 5 miles of Ridgeland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,261 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 187 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/undetermined284
Debris and open burning280
Arson/incendiarism187
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Equipment and vehicle use18
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Natural5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 1999Debris and open burning15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2011Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ridgeland: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Cleckley Number 4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Mine # 4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jasper County

Storms near this place

47 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ridgeland in 47 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 34 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2006Thunderstorm WindRidgeland$6,000Trees down on Gillison Branch Road. Power Lines down in city.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindRidgeland$2,000A tree was blown down along Tillman Road near the Wagon Branch Loop. Large tree limbs were also blown down near the intersection of West Main Street and Rail Road Avenue.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindRidgeland$1,000Trees down on Grays Highway.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindRidgeland$500South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down and in the roadway on Wagon Branch Loop Road.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindRidgeland$500Law Enforcement reported a tree down at the intersection of Tillman Road and Tarboro Road, 2 miles west-southwest of Ridgeland, South Carolina.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRidgeland$500Law enforcement reported a tree down in the Wagon Branch area, 3 miles west of Ridgeland, South Carolina.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindRidgeland$500no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-The Jasper County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Tillman Road and Tarboro Road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Carters Mill Road and Haphazzard Road.
September 2020Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Jasper County dispatch reported a tree down at the intersection of Tarboro Road and Lynchs Ford Road.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Law enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of HapHazard Road and Smiths Crossing.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Law enforcement reported a tree down on Oak Park Road.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported 2 trees down. One was down on Tillman Road at Tarboro Road and the other was down near the intersection of Smiths Crossing and Catfish Circle.
May 2016Flash FloodRidgeland-Jasper County Emergency Management reported a partial road collapse due to flooding near Great Swamp Baptist Church on Tarboro Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down and in the roadway on Tillman Road near the Wagon Branch Community Center.
May 2012HailRidgeland-A CoCoRaHS observer reported penny size hail near Ridgeland.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees along Highway 321.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Trees and large limbs were down.
August 2003Flash FloodRidgeland-From 3 to 7 inches of rain fell across the northern half of the county causing flooded roads.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Several trees and large limbs were down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Trees and power lines down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Large limbs and power lines down.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Several trees and power lines down.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Trees and power lines down.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Large tree limbs down.
December 2000Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Power lines and large limbs down.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Power lines down.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Trees down.
April 1998Tornado (F0)Ridgeland-Mobile home damaged, roof damage to another home and numerous trees down.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Trees down near I-95.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Trees and power lines down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Trees and powerlines down.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Several trees down.
April 1998Funnel CloudRidgeland-Spotter observed a funnel cloud, but no touchdown.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-Several trees down.
March 2003HailRidgeland-no account filed
March 2003HailRidgeland-no account filed
June 2000HailRidgeland-no account filed
June 2000HailRidgeland-no account filed
September 1999HailRidgeland-no account filed
April 1998HailRidgeland-no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindRidgeland-no account filed
January 1995HailRidgeland-no account filed
May 1995HailRidgeland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jasper 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
Grahamville1.0 miles15
Mitchellville1.4 miles15
Ricetown2.6 miles19
Switzerland4.0 miles15
Old House4.7 miles15
Nevadum5.1 miles15
Boyd5.1 miles15
Bashan5.2 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 RidgelandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1975694The 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 1250384. 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.