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One of 56 National Register listings published here for DeKalb County · listed in 2016 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Lithonia Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
The listing
- Address. Centered on jct. of CSX RR. & Main St., Lithonia, 30058
- When was it listed? September 2016
- Category. district
- Census division. Lithonia
- National Register reference number. 16000639 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
148 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Lithonia Historic District 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/incendiarism | 62 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-DEKALB-001 |
| 24 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020ROCKDALE002 |
| 18 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DEKALB001 |
| 13 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Lithonia Historic District: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawson Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Vaughn Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Big Ledge Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lithonia Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lithonia Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Pine Mountain Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rock Chapel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Banks Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Barber's Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Fowler's Quarry | Granite | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lithonia, the town this property stands in, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Lightning | Lithonia | 1 hurt, $150,000 | The 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 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lithonia | 1 hurt, $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lithonia | $50,000 | Several power lines and large trees were downed by thunder- storm winds throughout county with Lithonia hardest hit. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lithonia | $25,000 | Fox 5 Television of Atlanta reported that a large tree fell on a home causing significant damage to the structure. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lithonia | $12,000 | A report was received over social media of a tree blown onto a house on Phillips Court, damaging the home. No injuries were reported. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lithonia | $5,000 | The DeKalb County 911 Center reported that one tree was blown down onto a home causing damage to the structure. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lithonia | $5,000 | The 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lithonia | $3,000 | The 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 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lithonia | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lithonia | $2,000 | The Lithonia police department reported that some power lines were blown down. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lithonia | $1,000 | Emergency manager reports a tree down near the intersection of maddox road and rock chapel road. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lithonia | $1,000 | The DeKalb County 911 Center reported that a couple of power lines were down. |
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lithonia | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Lithonia | - | A National Weather Service employee reported ping pong ball size hail. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Lithonia | - | The public observed quarter-sized hail near Lithonia and penny-sized hail in the Avondale Estates area. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Lithonia | - | The public observed quarter-sized hail in the far southeast part of DeKalb county, south of Lithonia, near the Rockdale county line. |
| May 2006 | Lightning | Lithonia | - | The DeKalb County 911 Center reported that lightning struck a home in the Lithonia area. No significant damage was reported from the incident. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Lithonia | - | The public reported penny-sized hail. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Lithonia | - | The Lithonia police department reported penny-sized hail. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Lithonia | - | The public reported quarter size hail from the northwest part of Lithonia to Stone Mountain. |
| February 1999 | Hail | Lithonia | - | The public reported dime size hail. |
| February 1999 | Hail | Lithonia | - | Another public report indicated nickel size hail. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lithonia | - | The public reported dime to quarter size hail. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lithonia | - | The public reported dime size hail. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lithonia | - | Nickel size hail was reported near the De Kalb/Rockdale county line near Covington highway. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lithonia | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
5 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Seminary, The | 0.3 miles | 1978 |
 | Bond Family House | 3.4 miles | 2008 |
| Klondike Historic District | 4.3 miles | 2007 | |
 | College Avenue Bridge | 6.4 miles | 2022 |
| Stone Mountain Historic District | 7.6 miles | 2000 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000639 in Record Group 79. |
| DeKalb County | All 56 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.