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Jackson, Wisconsin

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Jackson Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53037. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle. 7,185 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Jackson within Washington 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.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Jackson grew from 6,753 to 7,185 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
20106,753
20207,185+432 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

19 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Jackson between 2014 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
25 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018127
19 July 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801111
17 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019083
13 May 2020Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2001417
7 April 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTHERESA
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018057
22 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019064
20 April 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019063

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington 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 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Jackson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hubertos PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Johann Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Rugby PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

26 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jackson in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 11 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 funnel cloud. 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 2006HailJackson$1,990,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindJackson$18,000no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindJackson$10,000Large trees and power lines down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindJackson$10,000no account filed
August 2018Thunderstorm WindJackson$5,000Tree damage concentrated in the Jackson area including one large uprooted tree. A parking sign with a concrete base was tipped over.
March 2002LightningJackson$5,000Lightning hit a home's satellite dish and sent a current into the home, resulting in damage to a computer system and all major appliances and household wiring.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindJackson-Powerful thunderstorms winds knocked down a few large trees.
June 2007Tornado (EF0)Jackson-A brief, weak tornado spun up about 2.12 miles south-southwest (198 degrees) of the city of Jackson, or about 2.4 miles north of the village of Richfield (just west of STH 45), or about 0.23 miles southwest (225 degrees) of the STH 45 overpass with Western Ave. It was stationary during its 20-30 seconds life-span, based on trained spotter accounts. It resulted in only matted-down grasses. No EF-Scale Damage Indicator (DI) could be used. Specific lat/lon info is: N43.29313 W88.19027. Estimated average path width was about 20 yards. Estimated wind speed is 56-61 knots (65-70 mph).
August 2006Thunderstorm WindJackson-Trees down.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindJackson-Large picnic table and chairs scattered and thrown 20 feet by wind gusts, and large trees down.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindJackson-Measured by the Fox TV-6 school network site at Kettle Moraine High School.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Jackson-A very brief F0 tornado (50-60 mph) spun up 4 miles north-northeast of Jackson in an open rural area just north of STH 143 and east of CTH G, or 0.6 miles northwest of Keowns. The tornado traveled southeast 0.1 miles and dissipated. No damage was reported.
April 2023HailJackson-no account filed
April 2020HailJackson-no account filed
April 2020HailJackson-no account filed
August 2017HailJackson-no account filed
August 2015HailJackson-no account filed
May 2014HailJackson-no account filed
August 2011Funnel CloudJackson-no account filed
May 2011HailJackson-no account filed
August 2011Funnel CloudJackson-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindJackson-no account filed
September 2006HailJackson-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindJackson-no account filed
August 2006HailJackson-no account filed
June 2005HailJackson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Mayfield1.6 miles15
Cedar Creek3.2 miles15
Keowns3.5 miles15
Rugby Junction3.5 miles15
Kirchhayn4.3 miles15
Richfield4.9 miles15
Ackerville4.9 miles15
Rockfield5.1 miles15

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 Q2754158The 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 1567062. 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.