BlockBefore

Grissett, South Carolina

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Conway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29526. It stands on Grier Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Conway quadrangle.

Grissett within Horry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

282 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 282 fires within 5 miles of Grissett between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,086 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 82 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 burning89
Arson/incendiarism82
Missing data/not specified/undetermined66
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2013Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1997Arson/incendiarismunder 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Grissett: 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Wacca-Dee Materials Company MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
West MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownSedimentary
Godwin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Godwin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant Number 9Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Horry County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grissett in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 2015Flash FloodGrissett$75,000About a foot of water was flowing across portions of Highway 19 and Highway 472. Adjacent areas were also flooded.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGrissett$4,000Trees were reportedly down on Old Reaves Ferry Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindGrissett$1,000A tree was blocking the roadway at the intersection of Highway 905 and Old Reaves Ferry Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindGrissett$1,000A tree was reported down on Long Avenue.
October 2010HailGrissett$1,000Hail to the size of nickels was reported.
August 2025Flash FloodGrissett-South Carolina Department of Public Safety reported roadway flooding on SC-905 east of Conway, making one side impassable.
May 2012FloodGrissett-Minor flooding was reported on East Country Club Drive.
June 2009HailGrissett-Hail to the size of nickels was reported along SC-905.
June 2008HailGrissett-Hail up to the size of quarters was reported along Highway 905.

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
Wilson Landing1.4 miles9
Country Club Forest1.5 miles9
North Conway1.6 miles9
Conway1.6 miles9
Pinewood2.0 miles9
Park Hill2.1 miles9
Chicora2.2 miles9
Buckwood2.2 miles9

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 Q122559927The 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 1222915. 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.