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Duford, South Carolina

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Floyds Crossroads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29581. It stands on Poplar Branch. The Survey maps it on the Duford quadrangle.

Duford within Horry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

224 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Duford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,953 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 58 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 burning81
Missing data/not specified/undetermined64
Arson/incendiarism58
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
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
7 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

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 Duford: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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
E.P. Pitts Sand PitSilicaUnknown1946, 1975

Every working recorded in Horry County

Storms near this place

12 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duford in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash 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 2016Thunderstorm WindDuford$2,000A tree was reported down on Pleasantdale Road. A motorcycle hit the downed tree, injuring two riders. The time was estimated based on radar data.
May 2011HailDuford$2,000Hail to the size of ping pong balls was reported.
November 2020Flash FloodDuford$1,000A vehicle was overtaken by floodwaters at the intersection of Eugenes Rd. and Spring Branch Rd. A person and dog managed to escape the stranded vehicle.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindDuford$1,000A tree was reported down on Highway 917.
October 2023Thunderstorm WindDuford-Tree down along Highway 9 in Horry County.
August 2014FloodDuford-Flooding was reported on Duford Road.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindDuford-Several trees down on Hwy 19.
March 2005Thunderstorm WindDuford-A utility company reported trees down on power lines.
May 2003HailDuford-Half dollar size hail was reported.
April 2002HailDuford-A farmer reported nickel size hail. Dime size hail was also reported one mile east of Duford.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindDuford-Horry Electric reported numerous trees down across power lines.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindDuford-Spotter reported several trees uprooted at Floyds Crossroads.

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
Wannamaker (historical)1.9 miles9
Floyds Crossroads2.8 miles9
Mount Olive3.5 miles9
Norton (historical)4.8 miles9
Causey5.3 miles10
Pitch Landing5.9 miles8
Green Sea6.5 miles9
Pleasant View6.8 miles8

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 Q122591065The 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 1247569. 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.