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Jackson, Wyoming

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Jackson Hole census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83001. It stands on Cache Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle. 10,760 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,237 feet above sea level.

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Jackson within Teton 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 12 of 13 shown

Every listing in Teton County

Population over time

2 figures

Jackson grew from 9,577 to 10,760 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
20109,577
202010,760+1,183 (+12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Jackson between 1992 and 2019, burning about 409 acres in total. 21 started naturally. None was 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
Natural21
Recreation and ceremony15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use54 acresBridger-Teton National ForestWILSON CANYON
14 September 2009Naturalunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
13 September 1996Naturalunder an acreBridger-Teton National ForestTHIEF
13 September 1996Naturalunder an acreBridger-Teton National ForestWILSON
13 September 1996Naturalunder an acreBridger-Teton National ForestBIRTHDAY
12 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined250 acresTeton CountySADDLE BUTTE
9 August 2006Naturalunder an acreBridger-Teton National ForestFERRIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Teton 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 Jackson: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Silver, Mercury, Chromium. 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
Snow King Mountain TrenchPhosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Silver, Mercury, ChromiumOccurrence1966
Location C OccurrencePhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence

Every working recorded in Teton County

Storms near this place

29 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jackson in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 12 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 wildfire, 2 flood. The reports record 1 death and 6 injuries. 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 2003LightningJackson1 killed, 5 hurtno account filed
July 1999LightningJackson1 hurtno account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindJackson$75,000A microburst associated with a strong thunderstorm that developed near Rafter J Ranch and swept north caused widespread tree and property damage. Most of the damage was concentrated in Jackson and in a swath from south of town to the northwest of town toward Teton Village. Dozens of uprooted trees caused minor roof damage and a carport collapsed at Jackson Hole Lodge in Jackson.
August 2007Flash FloodJackson$20,000Rainfall of around one inch fell in less than one hour causing street flooding east of Town Square in Jackson. At least one basement was flooded during the storm. Additionally, pea-size to one-half inch diameter hail occurred for about 15 minutes with the thunderstorm. The hail covered the ground to a depth of one inch.
December 2011FloodJackson$15,000no account filed
September 2014Thunderstorm WindJackson$10,000Trees 50 to 60 feet tall were toppled in the town of Jackson by outflow from a collapsing thunderstorm. At least one vehicle was damaged.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindJackson$1,000Several trees were damaged at the Colter Elementary School south of Jackson, Wyoming. One tree fell on the school, causing minor roof damage.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindJackson-The Teton County Emergency Manager reported a tree down in the town of Jackson, WY.
August 2021HailJackson-The Teton County Emergency Manager reported penny-sized hail in Jackson.
August 2007HailJackson-Hail of pea to nickel size fell southwest of Jackson for 15 minutes.
August 2007HailJackson-One inch diameter hail fell on South Park Loop Road for 10 minutes.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindJackson-An early morning thunderstorm produced a gust of 50 knots (58 mph) at the Jackson Airport.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindJackson-A microburst moved over the Jackson Airport and produced a wind gust of 84 mph. Luckily, no damage occurred.
August 2007HailJackson-no account filed
June 2006HailJackson-no account filed
June 2005HailJackson-no account filed
June 2005HailJackson-no account filed
June 2005HailJackson-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindJackson-no account filed
May 2003HailJackson-no account filed
July 2001WildfireJackson-no account filed
August 2001WildfireJackson-no account filed
September 2000WildfireJackson-no account filed
August 2000WildfireJackson-no account filed
July 1998FloodJackson-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindJackson-no account filed
June 1997HailJackson-no account filed
June 1996HailJackson-no account filed
June 1996HailJackson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Teton 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
Rafter J Ranch4.2 miles14
South Park4.3 miles14
Moose Wilson Road5.4 miles17
Wilson6.1 miles17
Teton Village8.2 miles17
Hoback Junction11.0 miles12
Kelly12.3 miles15
Moose12.4 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 Q871285The 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 1604404. 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.