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Lithonia, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Lithonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30058. It lies near Pine Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Conyers quadrangle. 2,662 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 925 feet above sea level.

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Lithonia within DeKalb County

On record in Lithonia

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

2 figures

Lithonia grew from 1,924 to 2,662 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
20101,924
20202,662+738 (+38%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

149 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Lithonia between 1992 and 2019, burning about 409 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 62 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/incendiarism62
Debris and open burning30
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5

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
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-DEKALB-001
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020ROCKDALE002
18 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DEKALB001
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Lithonia: 9 producers, 4 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica. 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
Lawson Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vaughn DepositMicaOccurrence
Big Ledge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lithonia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lithonia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Pine Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rock Chapel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Banks QuarryGranitePast Producer
Barber's QuarryGraniteProducer
Fowler's QuarryGranitePast Producer

Every working recorded in DeKalb County

Storms near this place

26 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lithonia in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 lightning. The reports record 2 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
August 2007LightningLithonia1 hurt, $150,000The DeKalb County 911 Center reported that a home was struck and set on fire by lightning. One person in the area was also injured from a lightning strike.
March 1996Thunderstorm WindLithonia1 hurt, $30,000no account filed
May 1994Thunderstorm WindLithonia$50,000Several power lines and large trees were downed by thunder- storm winds throughout county with Lithonia hardest hit.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLithonia$25,000Fox 5 Television of Atlanta reported that a large tree fell on a home causing significant damage to the structure.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindLithonia$12,000A report was received over social media of a tree blown onto a house on Phillips Court, damaging the home. No injuries were reported.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindLithonia$5,000The DeKalb County 911 Center reported that one tree was blown down onto a home causing damage to the structure.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindLithonia$5,000The public reported large limbs and trees down, some on homes, particularly in the Stone Mountain area. Winds were estimated by the public at 50 to 60 mph or greater.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindLithonia$3,000The DeKalb County 911 Center reported that at least 10 trees were blown down in the area around Lithonia. At least 20 calls were received from the public of downed trees.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindLithonia$3,000no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindLithonia$2,000The Lithonia police department reported that some power lines were blown down.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindLithonia$1,000Emergency manager reports a tree down near the intersection of maddox road and rock chapel road.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindLithonia$1,000The DeKalb County 911 Center reported that a couple of power lines were down.
February 1997Thunderstorm WindLithonia$1,000no account filed
July 2018HailLithonia-A National Weather Service employee reported ping pong ball size hail.
May 2011HailLithonia-The public observed quarter-sized hail near Lithonia and penny-sized hail in the Avondale Estates area.
June 2009HailLithonia-The public observed quarter-sized hail in the far southeast part of DeKalb county, south of Lithonia, near the Rockdale county line.
May 2006LightningLithonia-The DeKalb County 911 Center reported that lightning struck a home in the Lithonia area. No significant damage was reported from the incident.
June 2006HailLithonia-The public reported penny-sized hail.
May 2003HailLithonia-The Lithonia police department reported penny-sized hail.
July 2000HailLithonia-The public reported quarter size hail from the northwest part of Lithonia to Stone Mountain.
February 1999HailLithonia-The public reported dime size hail.
February 1999HailLithonia-Another public report indicated nickel size hail.
May 1999HailLithonia-The public reported dime to quarter size hail.
May 1999HailLithonia-The public reported dime size hail.
May 1998HailLithonia-Nickel size hail was reported near the De Kalb/Rockdale county line near Covington highway.
May 1998HailLithonia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in DeKalb 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
Collinsville1.1 miles21
Pine Mountain2.6 miles21
Redan2.7 miles23
Swift Creek2.9 miles22
Fairington3.2 miles23
Belmont3.3 miles23
Rock Chapel3.4 miles22
Stonecrest3.6 miles23

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 LithoniaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2409037The 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 325978. 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.