BlockBay Forest, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Little River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29566. The Survey maps it on the Wampee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched 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 Wampee quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Myrtle Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Myrtle Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wampee quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Bay Forest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 712 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 25 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 | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.1 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bay Forest: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nixons Crossroads | 0.4 miles | 8 | |
| Village at Bay Tree | 0.5 miles | 8 | |
| Golf View Plantation | 0.5 miles | 8 | |
| Princeton Place | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Palmetto Shores | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Cedar Creek Village | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Kingswood | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Old River Estates | 1.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1243605. 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.