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Lima, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tigerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29690. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Slater quadrangle.

Lima within Greenville County

On record in Lima

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

8 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

156 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Lima between 1992 and 2020, burning about 811 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined61
Debris and open burning53
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Other causes5
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
6 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2017Debris and open burning65 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville 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 Lima: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Unnamed Crushed Stone QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerMetamorphic
Wild Cat MineGoldUnknownVein

Every working recorded in Greenville County

Storms near this place

10 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lima in 10 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020Thunderstorm WindLima$5,000Emergency manager reported an outbuilding and fence blown over along Chinquapin Rd.
May 2020HailLima-Public reported nickel size hail near Tigerville.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindLima-FD reported two trees and a power line blown down near the intersection of Highway 25 and Old Highway 25.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindLima-Power lines were blown down near the intersection of highways 25 and 11, about 4 miles northeast of Marietta.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLima-A tree was blown down at the intersection of highways 25 and 414 and power lines and a tree were blown down near the intersection of Fews Chapel Rd and highway 101 about 8 miles north northwest of Greer.
February 2011Tornado (EF0)Lima-NWS survey found a short tornado path embedded within a larger area of downburst winds. The track began along Goodwin Rd, just east of Goodwin Bridge Rd. Numerous trees were snapped off or uprooted toward the northeast along the east/southeast oriented damage path that roughly paralleled Goodwin Rd. One tree fell on and damaged a mobile home. The underpinning was blown out from underneath and a metal awning tossed from another mobile home. The tornado crossed highway 25 before lifting in the Boswell Rd area just before its intersection with highway 414.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindLima-Numerous trees were blown down just east and northeast of Marietta.
May 2010HailLima-Ping pong ball size hail was reported on the east side of highway 25 just south if the state line.
May 2010HailLima-no account filed
April 2009HailLima-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greenville 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
Cross Plains1.5 miles17
Terry (historical)2.4 miles17
Marydell (historical)2.7 miles17
Terry Creek2.8 miles28
Cleveland4.4 miles15
Tigerville4.4 miles17
Merrittsville (historical)4.7 miles28
Slater4.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1223924. 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.