BlockDogwood Neck, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Conway East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29568. It stands on Horse Savannah. The Survey maps it on the Hand quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1937 USGS Nixonville quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Nixonville quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Nixonville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Hand quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Myrtle Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Myrtle Beach quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
170 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Dogwood Neck (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,576 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 43 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 | 69 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | 22 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 Dogwood Neck (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pit No. 3 Route 90 | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Star Bluff Crossroads | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Red Bluff Crossroads | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Nixonville | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Hammond | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Wampee | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Briarwood | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| The Forest | 5.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1243693. 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.