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Grahamville, South Carolina

11 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 29526. It stands on Tilly Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Nixonville quadrangle.

Grahamville within Horry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Grahamville between 1992 and 2017, burning about 21,969 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 38 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 burning43
Arson/incendiarism38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks3
Natural3
Smoking1

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
5 September 2013Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2006Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2011Fireworks1,155 acresSouth Carolina Forestry CommissionHORNET FIRE
21 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth 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 Grahamville: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pit No. 3 Route 90SandUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Horry County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grahamville in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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
October 2010HailGrahamville$3,000Hail to the size of ping pong balls was reported.
November 2012HailGrahamville$2,000Hail to the size of quarters was reported on Birnamwood Court.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGrahamville$1,000A tree was reported uprooted on Highway 90.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindGrahamville-A tree downed on Old Altman Rd in Conway, off of Highway 90, knocking out power to local residents.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindGrahamville-Fence partially blown down and minor damage to a couple homes on Country Pine Drive east of us-501 northwest of Myrtle Beach, SC. Time provided by reporter.
May 2012FloodGrahamville-Standing water was reported at the intersection of Serenity Place and Hwy 90.

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
Nixonville1.6 miles11
Vina3.0 miles11
Jaluco4.6 miles11
Wilson Landing4.9 miles9
Hickory Grove5.0 miles11
Fairtraid5.1 miles11
University Forest5.2 miles9
Myrtle Trace5.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1222806. 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.