Lyman, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Wellford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29365. The Survey maps it on the Greer quadrangle. 6,173 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 886 feet above sea level.
On record in Lyman
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 2 records
McMakin's Tavernlisted 1974- Augustus Belton and Margaret Wheeler Groce Houselisted 2024
Population over time
2 figuresLyman grew from 3,243 to 6,173 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,243 | |
| 2020 | 6,173 | +2,930 (+90%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1935 USGS Greer quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Greer quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Greer quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Greer quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Lyman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 533 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 57 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.8 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | 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 Lyman: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbuckle Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| H L Shelton Deposit | Mica | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
23 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyman in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 12 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Lightning | Lyman | 1 killed | Lightning struck a tree on Vernon St in Lyman, killing a 40-year-old woman who was tending to her dogs. Four dogs were killed as well. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyman | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyman | - | County comms reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across Spartanburg County. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Lyman | - | Public reported up to quarter sized hail in the Lyman area and quarter size hail on Highway 29 about a mile west of I-26. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Lyman | - | Media reported pea to 3/4 inch hail in the Duncan area. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Lyman | - | Public reported penny size in the Lyman area. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Lyman | - | Public reported quarter size hail reported in the Lyman area. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyman | - | NWS employee reported a large tree blown down at Highways 292 and 29, and a couple of smaller trees down on Lyman Rd. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Lyman | - | Public reported 3/4 inch hail on Groce Rd. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Lyman | - | Ham radio operator reported dime to quarter size hail at the intersection of Highway 80 and Wade Hampton Blvd. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Lyman | - | Spotter reported quarter size hail near Lyman. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyman | - | Multiple large limbs and one power line were blown down in the Lyman area. Additional trees were blown down at Danzler Rd and highway 290 and at Danzler Rd and Duncan Reidville Rd. Trees were also blown down along Duncan Reidville Rd. |
| January 2013 | Hail | Lyman | - | Penny size hail fell between Lyman and Inman. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyman | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down around Lyman, with one limb on power lines at Crescent St and Spartanburg Rd. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Lyman | - | Hail was reported near the intersection of highway 290 and Danzler Rd. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyman | - | Trees blown down. |
| September 2002 | Flash Flood | Lyman | - | Water was flowing over a bridge, and 5 feet of railroad bed was washed out. |
| September 2001 | Hail | Lyman | - | Trees blown down, and bark ripped off of trees, at Lake Lyman. Some power lines and power outages resulted. Also, an off-duty NWS employee in Campobello reported marble-sized hail and estimated winds of 55 to 60 mph. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| December 2004 | Flash Flood | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyman | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harveytown | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Wellford | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Duncan | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Northview Acres | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Cheryl Fields | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Holly Hill Heights | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Startex | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Serene Heights | 2.1 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.
| Wikipedia article on Lyman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2317128 | 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 1246490. 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.








