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Lexington County, South Carolina

71 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases across 2 places.

Research this county

From the record

56 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

South Carolina within the United States
Lexington County within South Carolina
Explore by year 1873 1927

What the record shows

  • 2 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Lexington, New Brookland, between 1894 and 1940.
  • 8 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 2,404 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 56 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 47 buildings, 7 districts and 2 structures.
  • 9 of the 56 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 165 populated places in this county; 164 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

56

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Ballentine-Shealy Housebuilding198383003858
Bank of Western Carolinabuilding198383003860
D. D. D. Barr Housebuilding198383003866
Batesburg Commercial Historic Districtdistrict198282003875
W. Q. M. Berly Housebuilding198383003870
William Berly Housebuilding197777001230
Lemuel Boozer Housebuilding197777001231
Simon Bouknight Housebuilding198282003876
Cartledge Housebuilding198282003879
William J. Cayce Housebuilding197575001703
Cedar Grove Lutheran Churchbuilding201010000922
Chapin Commercial Historic Districtdistrict2019100004495
Church Street Historic Districtdistrict198282003884
Colonial-Hites Companybuilding2018100002526
C. E. Corley Housebuilding198383003872
Jacob Wingard Dreher Housebuilding198383003875
Broadus Edwards Housebuilding198282003877
Fox Housebuilding197070000893
Gervais Street Bridgestructure198080003676
Gervais Street Bridgestructure198080003676
Guignard Brick Worksdistrict199595000019
Gunter-Summers Housebuilding198787001988
Hampton Hendrix Officebuilding198282003885
James Harman Buildingbuilding198383003903
Hartley Housebuilding198282003878
Ernest L. Hazelius Housebuilding197373001717
Henry Franklin Hendrix Housebuilding198282003886
John Solomon Hendrix Housebuilding198383003904
Thomas Galbraith Herbert Housebuilding198282003887
J. B. Holman Housebuilding198282003888
Home National Bankbuilding198383003909
A. C. Jones Housebuilding198282003880
Leesville College Historic Districtdistrict198282003889
Lexington County Courthousebuilding201414000164
Maj. Henry A. Meetze Housebuilding197979002387
Maj. Henry A. Meetze Housebuilding197979002387
Crowell Mitchell Housebuilding198282003890
McKendree Mitchell Housebuilding198282003881
Mitchell-Shealy Housebuilding198282003891
Mount Hebron Temperance Hallbuilding198080003677
New Brookland Historic Districtdistrict197878002524
Old Batesburg Grade Schoolbuilding198383002201
Old Batesburg-Leesville High Schoolbuilding198282003893
Peter M. and Alice Oliver Housebuilding2023100008531
Professional Buildingbuilding2025100012319
Charlton Rauch Housebuilding198383003914
David Rawl Housebuilding198383003915
John Jacob Rawl Housebuilding198282003882
Rawl-Couch Housebuilding198282003883
Robinson-Hiller Housebuilding199898000420
Saluda Factory Historic Districtdistrict197373001718
Simmons-Harth Housebuilding198383003916
Southern Railway Depotbuilding198383002202
St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Churchbuilding202383004664
Still Hopesbuilding198383003921
Rev. Frank Yarborough Housebuilding198282003892

Digitised newspapers

10 issues

Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.

The Lexington Dispatch

Lexington, South Carolina, 1870 to 1917. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

The Dispatch-News

Lexington, S.C., 1919 to 2001. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

Lexington Dispatch-News

Lexington, S.C., 1917 to 1919. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

The Batesburg Advocate

Batesburg, S.C., 1901 to 1911. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

The county from the air

45 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,888 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 45 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-05-10, scale 1:59000
1951-05-10, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-05-10, scale 1:59000
1951-05-10, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-05-10, scale 1:59000
1951-05-10, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-05-10, scale 1:59000
1951-05-10, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-06-23, scale 1:60000
1961-06-23, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-06-23, scale 1:60000
1961-06-23, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-06-23, scale 1:60000
1961-06-23, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-06-23, scale 1:60000
1961-06-23, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-07, scale 1:19000
1962-02-07, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-07, scale 1:19000
1962-02-07, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-07, scale 1:19000
1962-02-07, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-07, scale 1:19000
1962-02-07, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-01, scale 1:50000
1964-04-01, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-01, scale 1:50000
1964-04-01, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-01, scale 1:50000
1964-04-01, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-01, scale 1:50000
1964-04-01, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-20, scale 1:19000
1969-02-20, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-20, scale 1:19000
1969-02-20, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-20, scale 1:19000
1969-02-20, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-20, scale 1:19000
1969-02-20, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-10, scale 1:19000
1970-03-10, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-10, scale 1:19000
1970-03-10, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-10, scale 1:19000
1970-03-10, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-10, scale 1:19000
1970-03-10, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-06, scale 1:24000
1971-02-06, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-18, scale 1:19000
1971-02-18, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-18, scale 1:19000
1971-02-18, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-18, scale 1:19000
1971-02-18, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-09-22, scale 1:127000
1972-09-22, scale 1:127000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-27, scale 1:57597
1974-04-27, scale 1:57597. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-27, scale 1:57597
1974-04-27, scale 1:57597. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-27, scale 1:57419
1974-04-27, scale 1:57419. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-27, scale 1:59512
1974-04-27, scale 1:59512. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-07-21, scale 1:66000
1976-07-21, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-07-21, scale 1:66000
1976-07-21, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-07-21, scale 1:66000
1976-07-21, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-07-21, scale 1:66000
1976-07-21, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-01-01, scale 1:26000
1981-01-01, scale 1:26000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-01-01, scale 1:26000
1981-01-01, scale 1:26000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-01-01, scale 1:26000
1981-01-01, scale 1:26000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-01-01, scale 1:26000
1981-01-01, scale 1:26000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1996-04-27, scale 1:12000
1996-04-27, scale 1:12000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1996-04-27, scale 1:12000
1996-04-27, scale 1:12000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1996-04-27, scale 1:12000
1996-04-27, scale 1:12000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1996-04-27, scale 1:12000
1996-04-27, scale 1:12000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

94 stations, 9 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

58 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 32-1Black Creek township: Pelion town
  • 32-2Black Creek township - That part outside Pelion town
  • 32-3Boiling Springs township: Boiling Springs township - That part east of State Hwy. 6 and southeast of State Hwy. 62
  • 32-4Boiling Springs township - That part west of State Hwy. 6 and northwest of State Hwy. 62
  • 32-5Broad River township : Chapin town
  • 32-6Broad River township - That part outside Chapin town
  • 32-7Bull Swamp township: Swansea town: Swansea town - That part north of State Hwy. 6, 2nd, Bartow Ave., 1st, Kennerly Rd.
  • 32-8Swansea town - That part south of State Hwy. 6, 2nd, Bartow Ave. 1st, Kennerly Rd.
  • 32-9Bull Swamp township - That part north of State Hwys. 6 and 9: north and east of Pelion - Swansea Rd. via Central School, outside Swansea town
  • 32-10Bull Swamp township - That part south and west of Pelion - Swansea Rd. via Central School; south of State Hwy. 9 and west of Big Pond Branch
  • 32-11Bull Swamp township - That part south of State Hwys. 9 and 6 and east of Big Pond Branch, outside Swansea town
  • 32-12Leesville town, comprising parts of Chinquepin and Gilbert Hollow townships: Leesville town - That part in Chinquepin township
  • 32-13Leesville town - That part in Gilbert Hollow township
  • 32-14Chinquepin township, outside Leesville town: Batesburg town - That part in Lexington County comprising part of Chinquepin township: Batesburg town - That part Bounded by Town limits; Town limits; Southern Railroad; Pine, Derrick Rd., County line
  • 32-15Batesburg town - That part Bounded by Derrick Rd., Pine; Southern Railroad; County line
  • 32-16Batesburg town - That part Bounded by Southern Railroad; Pine, U.S. Hwy. 178; Town limits; County line
  • 32-17Batesburg town - That part Bounded by Southern Railroad; Town limits; Town limits; U.S. Hwy. 178, Pine (Remainder of Batesburg town is in Township 2, Saluda County)
  • 32-18Chinquepin township - That part north of U.S. Hwy. 178, outside Batesburg and Leesville towns
  • 32-19Chinquepin township - That part south of U.S. Hwy. 178, outside Batesburg town (Remainder of Chinquepin township is in Leesville town)
  • 32-20Congaree township: Cayce town: Cayce town - That part Bounded by Dunbar Rd., State, Michaelmas Ave., Jessemine, Axtell Dr., Town limits; Town limits; Southern Railway; Town limits
  • 32-21Cayce town - That part Bounded by Southern Railway; Town limits; Town limits; Town limits
  • 32-22West Columbia town: West Columbia town - That part east of Leaphart Rd., north of Meeting, and east of State
  • 32-23West Columbia town - That part west of Leaphart Rd., south of Meeting, and west of State
  • 32-24Congaree township - That part Bounded by Hopkins, Unnamed street, Raleigh, Shull Rd., Baron Ave. Baron Ave., Moffat Rd., West Columbia town limits; Unnamed street, Marlborough, Shull, Unnamed street, Meeting, 10th, Shull; Hamilton, Beacon, Lexington
  • 32-25Congaree township - That part Bounded by Hoover extended, Hoover, Lexington, New Cut Rd., Jasper State Hwy. 43; Raleigh, Unnamed street, Hopkins, Lexington, Beacon, Hamilton, U.S. Hwy. 21, Augusta; Greenwood Dr., Spring, Senn, Batchelor, Parson, Parson extended
  • 32-26Congaree township - That part Bounded by State Hwy. 43, Power line, Greenwood Dr., Joy, James, Holland, Brown, Unnamed street, Wall, Double Branch Rd., New Cut Rd., State Hwy. 43; Jasper, New Cut Rd., Lexington, Hoover, Hoover extended, Parson extended, Parson, Batchelor, Senn, Spring, Greenwood Dr., Augusta, 16th, Ave. "D", 16th; Crapps Ave. Denham Ave., 2nd, Taylor extended, Crapps Ave. extended, Power line, Southern Railway; Dreher Rd., Thornton, Hammond, Grove, Alexandria, Mt. Zion Church Rd., Henrick, Holland, Mt. Zion Church Rd. Unnamed road from Mt. Zion Church Rd. to State Hwy. 43
  • 32-27Congaree township - That part Bounded by Power line, State Hwy. 43; New Cut Rd., Double Branch Rd., Wall; Unnamed street, Brown, Holland, James Joy; Greenwood Dr.
  • 32-28Congaree township - That part Bounded by Holland; Henrick, Mt. Zion Church Rd., Alexandria; Grove, Hammond, Thornton; Dreher Rd., Augusta, Mt. Zion Church Rd.
  • 32-29Congaree township - That part Bounded by Crapps Ave. extended, Taylor extended, 2nd, Denham Ave., Crapps Ave.; Platt Springs Rd.; Dreher Rd., Southern Railway, Power Line
  • 32-30Congaree township - That part Bounded by Augusta, U.S. Hwy. 21, Hamilton, Shull 10th, Ave. "B", 9th; Evergreen Ave., 11th,,Ave. "D", U.S. Hwy. 21, Evergreen Ave., Platt Springs Rd., Crapps Ave.; 16th, Ave."D", 16th
  • 32-31Congaree township - That part Bounded by Meeting, Unnamed street, Shull, Marlborough, Unnamed street; West Columbia town limits, State; Brickyard Branch, 7th extended, 7th, Ave. "C", Ave. "B"; 10th
  • 32-32Congaree township - That part Bounded by Platt Springs Rd., Evergreen Ave., U.S. Hwy. 21, Ave. "D", 11th, Evergreen Ave., 9th, Ave. "B", Ave. "C", 7th, 7th extended, Brickyard Branch, State, West Columbia town limits; Alexander Rd., Axtell Dr., Guignard Rd., State, Deligseline Rd., Indigo Branch, 6th; Cayce town limits, Friday Arthur Branch, Lafayette Ave., U.S. Hwy. 21; Southern Railway
  • 32-33Congaree township - That part Bounded by Platt Spring Rd., Southern Railway, Unnamed stream, Unnamed road, Dunbar Rd.; Cayce town limits; State Hwy. 2; U.S. Hwy. 21, Dunbar Rd.
  • 32-34Congaree township - That part Bounded by Lafayette Ave.; Friday Arthur Branch, Cayce town limits, Unnamed road; Unnamed stream; Unnamed stream, U.S. Hwy. 21
  • 32-35Congaree township - That part Bounded by West Columbia town limits; County line; Cayce town limits; Cayce town limits, State, Guignard Rd., Axtell Dr., Alexander Rd.
  • 32-36CN/A
  • 32-36ACongaree township - That part Bounded by Township line; County line, West Columbia town limits, Moffat Rd., Baron Ave., Shull Rd., Raleigh, State Hwy. 43, Unnamed road from State Hwy. 43 to Mt. Zion Church Rd., Mt. Zion Church Rd.; U.S. Hwy. 1; Township line
  • 32-36BCongaree township - That part Bounded by U.S. Hwy. 1, Augusta, Dreher Rd., Platt Springs Rd., Dunbar Rd., U.S. Hwy. 21, State Hwy. 2, Cayce town limits, County line; County line; County line, Township line; Township line
  • 32-37Fork township: Irmo town
  • 32-38Fork township - That part outside Irmo town
  • 32-39Gilbert Hollow township, outside Leesville town: Gilbert town
  • 32-40Summit town
  • 32-41Gilbert Hollow township - That part southeast of U.S. Hwy. 1, outside Gilbert, Leesville and Summit towns
  • 32-42Gilbert Hollow township - That part northwest of U.S. Hwy. 1 and northeast of State Rds. 78 and 54
  • 32-43Gilbert Hollow township - That part northwest of U.S. Hwy. 1 and southwest of State Rds. 78 and 54, outside Leesville town (Remainder of Gilbert Hollow township is in Leesville town)
  • 32-44Hollow Creek township
  • 32-45Lexington township: Lexington town: Lexington town - That part east of Main extended, Main and Columbia Rd.
  • 32-46Lexington town - That part west of Main extended, Main and Columbia Rd.
  • 32-47Lexington township - That part east of Twelve Mile Creek, outside Lexington town
  • 32-48Lexington township - That part east of State Hwy. 6 and west of Twelve Mile Creek, outside Lexington town
  • 32-49Lexington township - That part west of State Hwy. 6 and Twelve Mile Creek, outside Lexington town
  • 32-50Platt Springs township: Platt Springs township - That part east of State Hwy. 5 and south of State Hwy. 65
  • 32-51Platt Springs township - That part west of State Hwy. 5 and north of State Hwy. 65
  • 32-52Saluda township
  • 32-53Sandy Run township
  • 32-54Cayce town - That part Bounded by Town limits; 8th; Dunbar Rd., Town limits; Town limits
  • 32-55Cayce town - That part Bounded by Town limits; Town limits, Axtell Dr.; Jessamine Dr., Michaelmas Ave., State, Dunbar Rd.; 8th
  • 32-56Congaree township - That part Bounded by Deligseline Rd.; Cayce town limits; Cayce town limits; Indigo Branch

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

3,572 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 3,572 of them, burning about 8,453 acres. 106 started naturally and 217 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1576
Debris and open burning904
Misuse of fire by a minor455
Arson/incendiarism217
Equipment and vehicle use156
Natural106
Smoking51
Recreation and ceremony40
Power generation/transmission/distribution29
Railroad operations and maintenance26
Other causes9
Fireworks3

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
12 March 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined180 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 April 2006Debris and open burning140 acresSouth Carolina Forestry CommissionSWAMP RABBIT
30 June 2002Natural125 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 March 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 February 2007Debris and open burning78 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 April 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined70 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 January 1999Debris and open burning60 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 March 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1956 to 2026

60 of 1,277 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 1,277 reports for this county, causing 5 deaths, 91 injuries and about $79,542,700 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind802
Hail303
Flash Flood77
Tornado49
Heavy Rain19
Lightning12
Flood12
Funnel Cloud3

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1997Tornado (F2)Gaston1 killed, 6 hurt, $917,000An F2 tornado producing winds to 150 mph killed a 32 year old female and injured 6 others. Two homes were destroyed and 9 others had major damage. Two apartements were destroyed (duplex). Seven mobile homes were destroyed and 94 had minor damage. Numerous trees were down and two crop fields had areas of destroyed crops.
June 2004LightningLexington1 killed, 1 hurtLightning struck a tree and branched off to hit a man and a woman. The man was killed and the woman had a slight injury.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindSwansea1 killed, $12,000Sheriff reported one person killed when his pickup truck was hit by a falling tree. Several trees were taken down in the Swansea area.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindArthur1 killedSCHP reported a tree down on Interstate 20 near mile marker 58. Later media reports indicated that the tree fell onto a vehicle and killed a female inside the car.
June 2015Lightning(Cae)Columbia Metro1 killedSocial media reported a woman was struck by lightning as she deplaned onto the tarmac to walk into the terminal at Columbia Metropolitan Airport. She eventually died from her injuries August 5.
August 1994Tornado (F3)Lexington40 hurt, $50,000,000Lake Murray ,Tornado touched down near intersection of SC311 and SC244 3 miles south-southeast of Lexington. Major damage occurred to the Glassmaster factory at the intersection of SC6 and Interstate 20. The tornado from that point was mostly on the ground as it moved through east and north central Lexington. Outside of Lexington, the tornado passed near the Rikard Nursing home. The storm became more intense with another area of severe damage in the Secret Cove area along the south Lake Murray shore. The tornado apparently dissipated over Lake Murray although strong winds were noted in the Old Forbes Road area on the northern shore of Lake Murray. Approximately 200 homes were damaged, many businesses, several churches and public buildings were also damaged. Five electric substations were damaged in Lexington County with 15,000 customers without electrical power. Forty people were injured. The tornado was observed by many people from the time it first struck near SC602 until it dissipated over Lake Murray.
June 2025LightningProvidence20 hurtSC Emergency Management and Irmo Fire Department report treating 20 individuals that were struck by lightning at Lake Murray Public Park in Lexington, SC. 18 of those 20 were transported to nearby hospitals. Those 18 people included 6 adults and 12 children. None of the injuries were considered life-threatening. Time based on source report and ground based lightning detection network.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindBatesburg6 hurtSheriff reported trees down throughout county and damage to homes and buildings, including Airport High School where several students and faculty were injurred by flying debris.
August 1994Tornado (F0)not stated4 hurtTornado observed as it touched down and damaged trees and home in southeast Edmund. It lifted and moved across Edmund Fire Station, then touched down and damaged pine forest immediately north of Edmund.
February 1993Tornado (F1)to 4 ENE2 hurt, $5,000,000A tornado clipped off or uprooted numerous trees along a 0.5-mile-path. Roof of a house was lifted up and set back down, a mobile home destroyed, another overturned, and severely damaged, roof blown off a garage, shed picked up and destroyed, and four chicken houses damaged.
January 1972Tornado (F1)not stated2 hurt, $250,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindLexington2 hurt, $15,000Trees fell on a vehicle as it pulled out from under an over pass on I-20 at SC highway 34.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindIrmo2 hurtTrees, power lines, and large signs down. Two people were slightly injured when trees fell on a building.
March 2010Tornado (EF2)Ridge Rd Xrds1 hurt, $1,000,000An EF2 with max winds of 125mph touched down near Ridge Road and continued northeast to Lake Murray. Around 40 homes had some form of damage with numerous trees and powerlines down. Several vehicles were also damaged and there was one minor injury. One horse was killed when a portion of a barn collapsed.
April 1957Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
January 2024Tornado (EF1)Syrup1 hurtA National Weather Service storm survey team confirmed an EF-1, with peak winds of|90 mph, that crossed Lake Murray Tuesday afternoon. The tornado developed over|Shull Island and moved northeast across Lake Murray. The tornado then came ashore|at Indian Summer Point. The tornado damaged some tree tops at Shull Island before|moving quickly north-northeast, snapping and uprooting multiple trees along Westridge |Court up to Mallard Drive. The tornado then dissipated before reaching the intersection|of Johns Creek Road and Mallard Drive.||The most significant damage occurred in the Westridge Court area off of Wessinger|Road. The tornado uprooted a large pine tree that fell onto the roof of a home, injuring|one elderly person. This person was transported with minor injuries to the hospital|and later released. There were several large Cedar trees that were uprooted or|snapped in this area as well. Minor damage also occurred to a small barn with the roof|partially uplifted. Just before the tornado dissipated, it uprooted a large tree along|Mallard Drive.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindChapin1 hurtSheriff reported trees down.
February 1989Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 hurtno account filed
July 1986Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 hurtno account filed
October 2015Flash FloodDixiana$5,000,000SC Highway Patrol reports flooding on I-77 Southbound at I-26, road closed.
October 2015Flash FloodClubhouse Xrds$5,000,000Lexington County dispatch reports flooding across much of north-central Lexington County. Numerous roads flooded, with too many to name at this time. Some small dams being breached at this time.
October 2015Flash FloodIrmo$3,000,000Law enforcement rescued over 60 people from 55 homes in the Coldstream neighborhood between 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
June 2004LightningIrmo$750,000Sheriff reported 4 homes on fire in Irmo from lightning strikes.
June 2023Flash FloodBatesburg$500,000Batesburg-Leesville police reported numerous road closures with multiple stalled vehicles including Hall Street at Elizabeth Street, Liberty Street at S. Oak Street, and Railroad Ave at Fox Street. A vehicle was submerged by flood water on Bethlehem Rd.|Significant flooding along Hwy 1 near Broad St under the Railroad bridge with at least 2 feet of water crossing the road resulted in a permanent road closure until CSX railroad could come and inspect the railroad bridge due to unstable tracks from wash out. |Water was also entering 4 homes in and around Batesburg-Leesville.
October 2015Flash FloodSpringdale$500,000SC Highway Patrol reports Westgate Drive at Wilton Road closed due to flooding.
October 2015Flash FloodSpringdale$500,000SC Highway Patrol reports Methodist Park Road at US 1 closed due to flooding.
October 2015Flash FloodLexington$500,000NWS employee reports flooding at Silverstone road and Whiteford Way.
October 2015Flash FloodBarr$500,000SC Highway Patrol reports roadway washed out at Nazareth Road and Lewis Pond Court.
October 2015Flash FloodLexington$500,000NWS employee reports US 1 about 1 mile west of I-20 flooded and impassable.
October 2015Flash FloodArthur$300,000NWS employee reports Laurel Road at Mineral Springs Road flooded and impassable.
June 1996LightningLexington$300,000no account filed
April 2016Thunderstorm WindSyrup$250,000Straight Line Winds produced a damage path which began along Indian Summer Point and Libby Ariail Court along the north shore of Lake Murray. Several pine trees were uprooted or snapped landing on the roofs of a couple of homes. This resulted in significant damage to a covered porch on one home. The storm then moved northeast across the next cove producing additional tree damage near Old Lexington Road and Jake Meetze Road. The most significant damage occurred in The Cove subdivision. Several structures sustained minor to moderate damage due to downed hardwood and softwood trees up to 4 feet in diameter. There were also several public reports of trees down around the town of Chapin.
February 1989Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
February 1974Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
November 1995TornadoGaston$225,000Three mobile homes, two frame homes, and one shed destroyed.
January 1995Thunderstorm WindIrmo and St$200,000A northeast-southwest line of severe thunderstorms moved from eastward across central and eastern South Carolina. Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines between Abbeville and Antreville, in eastern Newberry County and northern Lexington County. This area of turbulent weather spawned a tornado in northwestern Richland County near northeast shore of Lake Murray. The tornado dipped down immediately east of Lake Murray and moved eastward to Broad River. Roofs were torn off apartments and one home near Ballentine. The storm caused extensive damage to trees, power lines and to homes in the immediate path of the tornado. There were many homes damaged, with a total damage of $10 million in Richland County. Storm left 29,000 homes without power.
August 2005LightningColumbia Arpt$160,000Lightning caused a home fire near Pine Ridge at 3994 Quarter Trail road in the Charwood subdivision.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBatesburg$150,000Reported large trees down in Batesburg and power poles down in Leesville. Significant damage also occurred at Wiz's Southern Convenience storm and Oswald Lumber company.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindLeesville$120,000Local police reported several trees down on 4 homes and powerlines down as well.
July 2010LightningLexington$120,000WIS TV reported a home had major damage from a lightning induced fire on Ball Park road.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindLexington$120,000Two large trees fell on a home pretty much destroying it. One person was trapped inside but was not injured.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLexington$120,000Sheriff Dispatch reported numerous trees down and large limbs down across the town. Several homes were damaged. NWS Survey reported that the damage was due to a wet microburst which produced winds estimated to be around 90 mph.
October 2015Flash FloodLexington$100,000Old Mill Pond Dam failed along Twelve Mile Creek. Damaged businesses downstream along with roadway at highway 1 and a family had to be rescued from their home.
October 2015Flash FloodSummit$100,000SC Highway Patrol reports road washout at Elzie Hallman Road and Pond Branch Road.
October 2015Flash FloodBarr$100,000SC Highway Patrol reports roadway washout at Roscoe Road and Holm Oak Road.
October 2015Flash FloodMurray$100,000SC Highway Patrol reports roadway washout at Warner Road and Peach Festival Road near Gilbert.
October 2015Flash FloodGilbert$100,000SC Highway Patrol reports roadway washout at Hayes Crossing Road and Windy Road.
October 2015Flash FloodPooles Xrds$100,000Sandy Ridge Road and Swansea Road washed out south of Pelion and west of Swansea.
October 2015Flash FloodLexington$75,000Gibson Pond Park Dam Failed along Twelve Mile Creek in Lexington.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindColumbia Arpt$75,000A microburst developed right over the Columbia and produced wind gusts of 60-70mph causing significant damage to several hangers and a few planes.
May 2000LightningLexington$75,000Lightning struck a home at 213 Chancery Lane and caused $75K in damage.
July 2012HailChapin$65,000Public reported golfball size hail causing damage to roofs and vehicles and covering much of the ground.
February 2012Tornado (EF1)Fairview Xrds$60,000NWS storm survey found the tornado in Aiken county crossed into Lexington county and took down many trees and did minor damage to a couple of homes.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindLexington$60,000EM reported many trees down around the city, some on a couple of homes.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindLexington$60,000NWS Storm Survey indicated a microburst affect 2 neighborhoods 1 to 2 miles west northwest of Lexington. Winds were estimated to have ranged from 80 to 90 mph. The Westbrook and Martins Grove neighborhoods were hit the hardest. Several homes sustained some damage to vinyl siding and a couple homes had roof damage. There were numerous large limbs down but also several trees that were snapped off or up rooted. Limbs and trees fell on a few houses as well as one car.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindGilbert$60,000EM reported several trees down, a dock destroyed, and a boat overturned at 622 East Point road on Lake Murray. SCE&G reoprted many poles and power lines down.
June 2003LightningWest Columbia$55,000Lightning struck a home setting on fire and destroying it.
October 2018Flash FloodIrmo$50,000Flash flooding in the Whitehall subdivision along Kinley Creek flooded at least 10 homes, with several residents rescued from their homes.
February 2016Tornado (EF0)Dixiana$50,000Survey determined that an EF0 tornado touched down near the rail freight automobile storage yard then crossed hwy. 321 and headed northeast down Dixiana Road before lifting near Grace Chapel Church.
October 2015Flash FloodPelion Corporate Arp$50,000SC Highway Patrol reports road washout at Platt Springs and Calks Ferry Road.

Mines and quarries

80 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 80 workings inside this county. 28 still produce and 52 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction41
Clay19
Sand6
Silica3
Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Thorium2
Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken2
Stone, Crushed/Broken2
Iron, Titanium, Zirconium1
Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium1
Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Iron1
Clay, Kaolin1
Fire Clay (Refractory)1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Congaree CreekIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Congaree RiverZirconium, Thorium, Titanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Guignard MillClay, KaolinPast Producer
Harleys Mill PondIron, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Lexington MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Casparis Stone QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1902
Cayce QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1893
Cayce QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Red Bank CreekZirconium, Titanium, Iron, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Twelve Mile CreekZirconium, Titanium, Iron, ThoriumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Unnamed Crushed Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownIgneous
Cayce Silica PlantSilicaUnknown
Columbia Pit EastSilicaProducer
Columbia WorksSilicaProducer
BledsoeSandUnknownSedimentary
Bowers MineSandUnknownSedimentary
EdmundSandUnknownSedimentary
EdmundSandUnknownSedimentary
Frick MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Rawl-Cotton Branch Road MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Adolphus Hite Kaolin PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Clamp Kaolin PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Corley Mill Rd PitClayProducerMetamorphic
Hites Kaolin PitClayProducer
Hoyt-Hite Kaolin PitClayUnknownSedimentary
Lexington Co. Clay and Shale MinesClayPast Producer
Lexington County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Lexington County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Lexington County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Lexington County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Lexington County MinesClayProducer
Lexington County MinesClayProducer
Lexington County MinesClayProducer
Lexington County MinesClayProducer
Marlowe CreekClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Sox MineClayProducerSedimentary
Unidentified MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Bowen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Columbia Pit EastSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Columbia Pit WestSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Columbia PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Davis Bros.Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dixiana MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dixiana MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dixiana MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dixiana Mine #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Dixiana Mine EastSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dixiana Mine WestSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dixiana Mine and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Edmund MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Edmund Mine & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Epting Ballanger Roland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gilbert PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lanier Asphalt SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lanier Construction Company Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Lanier PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Lanier PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Leesville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Leesville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Leesville PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lexington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Pennsylvania Glass Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Shuler #2 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Shuler MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Silica MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Silica MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
South Congaree PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Summit PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Summit Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Summit Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Summite PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Unidentified MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Unidentified MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unidentified MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unidentified Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Wilson Bros. Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Wise Sand Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every populated place in the county

165

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 2 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

The vanished settlements of Lexington County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Lexington, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1894 to 1940

New Brookland, South Carolina

0 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1906 to 1912

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.