Adrian, South Carolina

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Conway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29526. It stands on Smith Branch. The Survey maps it on the Adrian quadrangle.

Adrian within Horry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

1943 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1944 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:31680
1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

309 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 309 fires within 5 miles of Adrian between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,030 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 78 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 burning	119
Arson/incendiarism	78
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	76
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Misuse of fire by a minor	9
Natural	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	2

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
29 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 2016	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 August 2013	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
29 August 1997	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 2007	Natural	1.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
17 August 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Horry County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adrian in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
February 2017	Tornado (EF1)	Adrian	$997,000	A survey conducted by the National Weather Service concluded an EF-1 tornado first touched down near Adrian Highway, just east of Sabrina Lane and caused some minor tree damage. The tornado then moved nearly parallel to Adrian Highway and caused extensive tree damage and damage to numerous farm buildings and sheds. Power lines were also reportedly down in the area. As the tornado continued to move east, just east of Hucks Road, it snapped dozens of trees. Two homes sustained damage in this area, one of which had windows blown out. The tornado crossed Johnson Shelly Road and stayed just north of New Dawn Lane causing dozens of snapped trees. Near the intersection of New Dawn Lane and Highway 19, a small barn was destroyed and a large shed was completely damaged. The tornado continued east and crossed New Home Circle where it nearly toppled a single wide trailer and caused damage to a couple other trailers. The tornado lifted in a field just west of Gause Road after being on the ground for about 10 minutes and just under 5 miles. The tornado had estimated maximum winds of 110 mph.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Adrian	$1,000	A large tree was reported down along Highway 410 near U.S. 701.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Adrian	$1,000	A large tree was reported down along Privetts Road, near Hope Baptist Church. The time was estimated based on radar data.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Adrian	-	SC Highway Patrol reports tree down on US-701 and SC-22 according to SC Dept of Highways webpage.
January 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Adrian	-	Tree down on road at Privetts Rd near Adrian Hwy 2 SE of Privetts.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Adrian	-	A tree was knocked down on Privettes Rd. near highway 701.

Every storm recorded in Horry 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Poplar Forks	1.3 miles	9
Cebu (historical)	1.4 miles	9
Privetts	1.7 miles	9
Baxter Forks	1.9 miles	9
Allen	2.1 miles	9
Booth	2.3 miles	9
Howells	2.3 miles	11
Maple Crossroads	2.3 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244852. 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.

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.