Crescent Beach, 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 29582. The Survey maps it on the Wampee quadrangle. It stands 16 feet above sea level.
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
93 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Crescent Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,251 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 24 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 | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
| 14 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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 |
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 Crescent Beach: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myrtle Beach | Titanium, Iron | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Beach |
Storms near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crescent Beach in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Lightning | Crescent Beach | $50,000 | The Myrtle Beach Fire Dept reported a fire in a multi-family dwelling that started from a lightning strike in the 3300 Block of South Ocean Blvd. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent Beach | - | Thunderstorms, some locally severe, moved northeast across coastal South Carolina knocking down trees and interrupting electrical service in scattered areas from Jasper County northeast to northern Horry County. Wind speeds of 60 mph were reported 4 SE of the Charleston Airport, wind gusts to 62 mph at the Santee Cooper Lakes, and 88 mph with sustained speeds of 58 mph at the Springmaid Pier in Myrtle Beach. |
| July 1996 | Lightning | Crescent Beach | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinewood Acres | 0.8 miles | 8 | |
| Ingram Beach | 0.9 miles | 8 | |
| Atlantic Beach | 0.9 miles | 8 | |
| North Myrtle Beach | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Belle Park | 1.3 miles | 8 | |
| Timber Ridge | 1.3 miles | 8 | |
| Forest Lake | 1.5 miles | 8 | |
| Ocean Drive Beach | 1.6 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Crescent Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5184333 | The 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 1231203. 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.






