Lethia, South Carolina
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Mount Carmel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29835. It stands on Mathis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Willington quadrangle.
On record in Lethia
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- John De La Howe State Schoollisted 1970 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1892 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1912 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Willington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
144 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Lethia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 977 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 37 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 | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 97 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | LITTLE RIVER FIRE |
| 16 September 2011 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 Lethia: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Link Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Parsons Mt. Area-Piedmont Mn Belt | Manganese | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Bordeaux | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Willington | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Bradley Corner | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Belcher Crossroads | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Calhoun Mill | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Cedar Hill | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Carmel | 5.8 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122591500 | The 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 1252048. 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.








