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Arcadian Shores, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Myrtle Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29572. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hand quadrangle.

Arcadian Shores within Horry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Arcadian Shores between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,899 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Arcadian Shores: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium, Iron. 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
Myrtle BeachTitanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Beach
Myrtle Beach PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Myrtle Beach QyarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer

Every working 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
Green Lakes0.5 miles12
Vaught1.0 miles12
Dunes Cove1.1 miles12
Briarwood1.4 miles12
The Forest1.6 miles12
The Dunes1.7 miles12
Briarcliffe Acres1.9 miles8
Skimmer Bay2.0 miles12

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 Q122571755The 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 1243597. 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.