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South 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.

South Lynchburg within Lee County

On record in South 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

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

570 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 570 fires within 5 miles of South Lynchburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,576 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 166 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 burning188
Missing data/not specified/undetermined183
Arson/incendiarism166
Equipment and vehicle use14
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
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
29 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth 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 South 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

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Lynchburg in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
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.

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
Lynchburg0.8 miles14
Atkins3.1 miles14
Dunlape Crossroads4.0 miles15
Wells Crossroads5.5 miles15
Elliott6.6 miles15
Rhodes Crossroads6.8 miles15
Saint Charles8.4 miles15
English Crossroads9.6 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.

Wikidata item Q122554116The 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 1226763. 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.