Leathersville, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the South Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30817. The Survey maps it on the Woodlawn quadrangle.
On record in Leathersville
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Woodlawn Historic Districtlisted 1993 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1892 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1912 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000
- 1921 USGS Appling quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Appling quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Woodlawn quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
139 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Leathersville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 470 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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 burning | 77 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-LINCOLN-004 |
| 12 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-LINCOLN-003 |
| 11 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020LINCOLN002 |
| 8 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 19 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Leathersville: 6 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colley Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1943 | |
| Colley Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Colley Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Dill | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Goldman Mn Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Julia Or Phelps Mine | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Paschal | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Ramsey Property | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leathersville in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2020 | Flash Flood | Leathersville | $5,000 | Lincoln Co dispatch reported Amity-Woodlawn Rd washed out near State Road 220. Exact location and times estimated. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leathersville | $3,000 | Lincolnton police reported trees down on powerlines on Salem Church Road. |
| April 2022 | Flash Flood | Leathersville | $10 | Several roads flooded and closed including Salem Church Rd. Exact locations unknown. | Time estimated. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Leathersville | - | Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail in the Leathersville area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Loce | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Agnes (historical) | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Salem (historical) | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| White Rock (historical) | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| New Hope | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Clay Hill | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Amity | 3.9 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122553433 | 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 326363. 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.










