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Bayboro, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Loris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29544. It stands on Daniel Hole Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bayboro quadrangle.

Bayboro within Horry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

257 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 257 fires within 5 miles of Bayboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,489 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 74 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 burning82
Arson/incendiarism74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined70
Equipment and vehicle use15
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2007Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Horry County

Storms near this place

16 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bayboro in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 9 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBayboro$3,000Three trees were reportedly blown down on Highway 410.
May 2011HailBayboro$3,000Hail to the size of golf balls was reported. The time was estimated based on radar data.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBayboro$1,500A large tree was reported down across Valley Forge Road, near the intersection with Green Sea Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBayboro$1,000Large limbs were reported down.
July 2011HailBayboro$500Hail to the size of quarters was reported.
May 2019HailBayboro-Quarter size hail was reported in the Bayboro Community.
May 2019HailBayboro-Quarter size hail was reported in the Bayboro community.
May 2014FloodBayboro-Flooding was reported on Ion Rd off of State Route 19.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBayboro-A field of wheat about 2 feet high was flattened by the wind. The time was estimated based on radar data.
June 2009HailBayboro-Hail to the size of nickels was reported.
June 2008HailBayboro-Hail up to the size of pennies was reported.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBayboro-Trees blew down on State Rt. 45. Power lines were down on Millpond Rd.
May 2005HailBayboro-A farm service representative reported penny size hail.
August 2000HailBayboro-Ham radio operator reported dime size hail.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindBayboro-Trees and power lines were down.
April 1997HailBayboro-no account filed

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
Gurley1.9 miles9
Baker Crossroads2.1 miles9
Baxter Forks2.5 miles9
Howells2.6 miles11
Privetts3.0 miles9
Lewisville (historical)3.2 miles8
Playcards3.2 miles8
Sarvis Crossroads3.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244989. 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.