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Lebanon, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Cross census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29472. It stands on Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Summerville NW quadrangle.

Lebanon within Berkeley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

432 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 432 fires within 5 miles of Lebanon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,143 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 155 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/incendiarism155
Missing data/not specified/undetermined131
Debris and open burning115
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural3
Other causes2
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkeley County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lebanon: 2 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand. 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
BerkeleySandUnknownSedimentary
Dorchester Brick Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Kenyon Mine WestClayUnknownSedimentary
Kenyon Mine WestClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Berkeley 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
Sandy Run (historical)2.5 miles18
New Hope2.8 miles19
Wassamassaw (historical)2.8 miles18
Long Ridge2.9 miles18
Black Tom (historical)3.6 miles18
Washington Town3.6 miles19
Pringletown4.8 miles18
Mount Pisgah4.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234539. 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.