Lebanon, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winnsboro North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29180. The Survey maps it on the Lebanon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1904 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Lebanon between 1992 and 2019, burning about 310 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lebanon: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Quarry | Granite, Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | 1898 | |
| Unnamed Dimension Stone Quarry | Stone, Dimension, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Igneous Intrusion |
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lebanon in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Lebanon | $4,000 | NWS storm survey and Fairfield Electric COOP found trees and some powerlines down from a small tornado. It was associated with the supercell that originated in Laurens county that went across Newberry and into Fairifield county. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebanon | - | Fairfield County Emergency Management reports numerous trees down across much of the county. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Lebanon | - | Video provided by Fairfield County EM shows quarter sized Hail at a residence near the intersection of Hwy 34 and Old Douglass Road (State Rd. S-20-22). |
| June 2022 | Hail | Lebanon | - | Public report of dime sized Hail near the intersection of Hwy 34 and Cammack Rd (State Rd. S-20-53). Time estimated. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebanon | - | Severe thunderstorm downburst winds produced a swath of damage which included numerous trees down in several locations, generally stretching from near Lebanon south to areas SW of Winnsboro, generally along and just east of Jackson Creek Rd. Trees were downed on Armstrong Rd, Old Airport Rd and Jackson Creek Rd, Hwy 213 at Jackson Creek Rd, Corona Dr, Reservoir Rd and New Hope Rd, and at Chapell Town Rd at Reservoir Rd (SC S-20-70) where over a dozen trees were downed. Times estimated. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebanon | - | Trees down on Clarks Bridge Rd, and power lines down on SC 34 nearby. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Lebanon | - | Public reported quarter size hail at the Lebanon Mart along Highway 34. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglass | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Adger | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Salem Crossroads | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Old Buckhead | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| White Oak | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Monticello | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Winnsboro | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Winnsboro Mills | 7.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1223857. 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.







