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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.

Lethia within McCormick County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

144 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined41
Arson/incendiarism37
Debris and open burning32
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1

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
9 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2001Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarism15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined97 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsLITTLE RIVER FIRE
16 September 2011Other causes1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2011Debris and open burning6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCormick County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Link MineGoldPast Producer
Parsons Mt. Area-Piedmont Mn BeltManganeseProspect

Every working recorded in McCormick 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
Buffalo2.4 miles16
Bordeaux2.8 miles17
Willington2.9 miles17
Bradley Corner4.4 miles15
Belcher Crossroads5.5 miles13
Calhoun Mill5.6 miles13
Cedar Hill5.8 miles16
Mount Carmel5.8 miles14

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 Q122591500The 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.