Dog Bluff, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Aynor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29544. The Survey maps it on the Horry quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Horry quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
1 photograph, 2017Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
260 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 260 fires within 5 miles of Dog Bluff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,364 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 75 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 84 |
| Debris and open burning | 82 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 75 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dog Bluff in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dog Bluff | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on Jordanville Road. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Dog Bluff | $1,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported in the community of Dog Bluff. The report was relayed through the media. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dog Bluff | - | Large limbs down across Dog Bluff Road in Aynor. |
| August 2012 | Flood | Dog Bluff | - | Pee Dee Road was closed due to flooding near Jordanville Road. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dog Bluff | - | Three trees were reported down on Dog Bluff Road near Highway 501. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gideon | 0.1 miles | 8 | |
| Jonestown | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Rehobeth | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Tompkins | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Jones Crossroads | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Aynor | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Red Hill | 3.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q122561723 | 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 1222055. 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.




