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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.

Lyman within Spartanburg County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Lyman 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,243
20206,173+2,930 (+90%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

115 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined57
Debris and open burning30
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
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
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.8 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spartanburg 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arbuckle QuarryGraniteProducer
H L Shelton DepositMicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Spartanburg County

Storms near this place

23 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2006LightningLyman1 killedLightning 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 2001Thunderstorm WindLyman$1,000no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindLyman-County comms reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across Spartanburg County.
April 2020HailLyman-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 2020HailLyman-Media reported pea to 3/4 inch hail in the Duncan area.
June 2019HailLyman-Public reported penny size in the Lyman area.
June 2017HailLyman-Public reported quarter size hail reported in the Lyman area.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindLyman-NWS employee reported a large tree blown down at Highways 292 and 29, and a couple of smaller trees down on Lyman Rd.
July 2014HailLyman-Public reported 3/4 inch hail on Groce Rd.
May 2014HailLyman-Ham radio operator reported dime to quarter size hail at the intersection of Highway 80 and Wade Hampton Blvd.
June 2014HailLyman-Spotter reported quarter size hail near Lyman.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindLyman-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 2013HailLyman-Penny size hail fell between Lyman and Inman.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLyman-Several large tree limbs were blown down around Lyman, with one limb on power lines at Crescent St and Spartanburg Rd.
May 2009HailLyman-Hail was reported near the intersection of highway 290 and Danzler Rd.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindLyman-Trees blown down.
September 2002Flash FloodLyman-Water was flowing over a bridge, and 5 feet of railroad bed was washed out.
September 2001HailLyman-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 2006HailLyman-no account filed
December 2004Flash FloodLyman-no account filed
May 1999HailLyman-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindLyman-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindLyman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Spartanburg 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
Harveytown1.0 miles14
Wellford1.1 miles13
Duncan1.2 miles14
Northview Acres1.2 miles14
Cheryl Fields1.4 miles14
Holly Hill Heights1.5 miles14
Startex2.0 miles13
Serene Heights2.1 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.

Wikipedia article on LymanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2317128The 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.