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Causey, South Carolina

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Floyds Crossroads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29581. The Survey maps it on the Fair Bluff quadrangle.

Causey within Horry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Causey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,203 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 36 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 burning56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Arson/incendiarism36
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural4
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2019Debris and open burning1.8 acresNorth Carolina Forest ServiceSWAMP FOX HWY
5 August 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceLIGHTNING OUT WEST

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 Causey: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Pitts MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Horry County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Causey in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. 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
May 2019Thunderstorm WindCausey$50,000There was widespread power outages due to multiple trees and power lines down.
July 2025LightningCausey$5,000Horry County Fire Department responded to a shed set on fire by lightning on Hayloft Circle.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCausey$4,000A large tree and power lines were reportedly down.
May 2012HailCausey$1,000Dime to quarter size hail was reported along Highway 76.
May 2024Funnel CloudCausey-Video on social media of a funnel cloud looking northeast from Nichols. Time estimated from social media post and radar.
March 2012HailCausey-A brief period of hail to the size of quarters was reported along US 76.

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
Floyds Crossroads3.4 miles9
Wannamaker (historical)3.8 miles9
Duford5.3 miles9
Pitch Landing7.1 miles8
Norton (historical)7.4 miles9
Mount Olive8.8 miles9
Green Sea11.5 miles9
Ketchuptown11.5 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227879. 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.