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Allen, 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 Long Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Adrian quadrangle.

Allen 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.

Fires near this place

316 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 316 fires within 5 miles of Allen between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,132 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 80 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 burning113
Missing data/not specified/undetermined89
Arson/incendiarism80
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

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
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2013Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1997Debris and open burning6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Horry County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Allen: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
West MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Horry County

Storms near this place

4 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allen in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2015Flash FloodAllen$45,000Flood waters were reportedly 1.5 feet deep on a portion of Kerri Circle.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindAllen$1,000A tree was reported down to the north of the Highway Patrol Office on Highway 701. The time was estimated based on radar data.
April 2022HailAllen-Quarter size hail in Keighley Estates neighborhood near Aynor, SC.
May 2022Tornado (EF0)Allen-The weak tornado initially touched down in woods south of West|Homewood Road and east of SC 319, where a 10 diameter hardwood|was snapped. The tornado moved to the northeast through the woods|on the south side of West Homewood Road and then crossed West|Homewood Road impacting a mobile home park. Minor damage|occurred to about 10 homes in the mobile home park. Underpinning was blown|out (some pieces deposited nearly a mile away near highway 701), trim|was ripped off, as well as some pieces of siding. The tornado|broke several small limbs as it lifted near the edge of the woods|east of the mobile home park.

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Cebu (historical)0.8 miles9
Poplar Forks0.9 miles9
Maple Crossroads1.5 miles9
Adrian2.1 miles9
Saint Paul Forks2.2 miles9
Booth2.3 miles9
Polecat Bay (historical)2.6 miles9
Homewood2.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227862. 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.