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Lynchburg, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lynchburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29080. The Survey maps it on the Lynchburg quadrangle. 318 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 151 feet above sea level.

Lynchburg within Lee County

On record in Lynchburg

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 1 record

Population over time

3 figures

Lynchburg fell from 588 to 318 between 2000 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
2000588
2010373-215 (-37%)
2020318-55 (-15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

589 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 589 fires within 5 miles of Lynchburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,520 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 165 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
Debris and open burning196
Missing data/not specified/undetermined193
Arson/incendiarism165
Equipment and vehicle use16
Smoking8
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2007Debris and open burning1.6 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2015Debris and open burning7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lynchburg: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Lee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rhinehart No. 1 MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smith Paving Co MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Lee County

Storms near this place

19 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lynchburg in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 12 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail. 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
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLynchburg$1,000Public reported large limbs down in Pleasant Grove.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindLynchburg$500Dispatch reported a tree down on Lynchburg Highway.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLynchburg-Lee County dispatch reported a tree down along Tram Road in Lynchburg. Time estimated by radar.
May 2021HailSouth Lynchburg-Trained spotter reported hail up to golf ball size in the town of Lynchburg. Time estimated.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSouth Lynchburg-SCHP reported trees down at SC 341 and US Hwy 76 in Lynchburg.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSouth Lynchburg-Sheriff's Dispatch reported a tree down along Hwy. 76 just outside of the town of Lynchburg.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSouth Lynchburg-Lynchburg Post Office reported trees down on the south side of Lynchburg off Hwy 341. One tree was on a house.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSouth Lynchburg-Post Office reported large limbs down across several roadways.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindLynchburg-DOT reported trees down in and around the Lynchburg area.
August 2008HailLynchburg-Sheriff reported penny size hail.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindLynchburg-DOT reoprted several trees down in the Lynchburg area.
April 2006HailLynchburg-Post Office employee reported penny size hail
July 2006Thunderstorm WindLynchburg-Post Office reported large limbs down southeast of Lynchburg on hwy 341.
November 2006Thunderstorm WindLynchburg-Storm survey found large branches and a few trees down in Lynchburg.
October 2004HailLynchburg-SKYWARN spotter reported nickel size hail 2 miles east of Mayesville on hwy 527.
July 2000HailLynchburg-Sheriff reported golf ball size hail in the Lynchburg area.
March 1998HailLynchburg-Sheriff reported 1 inch hail in Lynchburg.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindLynchburg-Microburst severely damaged two large turkey houses.
May 1996HailLynchburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lee 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
South Lynchburg0.8 miles14
Atkins2.8 miles14
Dunlape Crossroads3.4 miles15
Wells Crossroads4.9 miles15
Elliott5.9 miles15
Rhodes Crossroads6.6 miles15
Saint Charles7.8 miles15
English Crossroads8.9 miles15

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 LynchburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2515279The 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 1246492. 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.