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Horry, 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 29511. It stands on Broadway Branch. The Survey maps it on the Horry quadrangle.

Horry within Horry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

Photographs

7 photographs, 2017

Taken 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.

Historic re-enactor Dennis S. Ward depicts farm life at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm, a historical museum complex near Conway in Horry County, South Carolina
Historic re-enactor Dennis S. Ward depicts farm life at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm, a historical museum complex near Conway in Horry County, South Carolina
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
An old, typical South Carolina barn with an overhanging tin roof near Dog Bluff in Horry County, South Carolina
An old, typical South Carolina barn with an overhanging tin roof near Dog Bluff in Horry County, South Carolina
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Old farm saw at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm, a historical museum complex near Conway in Horry County, South Carolina
Old farm saw at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm, a historical museum complex near Conway in Horry County, South Carolina
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Vintage gasoline pump at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm, a historical museum complex near Conway in Horry County, South Carolina
Vintage gasoline pump at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm, a historical museum complex near Conway in Horry County, South Carolina
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Farm shed contents at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm, a historical museum complex near Conway in Horry County, South Carolina
Farm shed contents at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm, a historical museum complex near Conway in Horry County, South Carolina
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Lush tobacco crop at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm, a historical museum complex near Conway in Horry County, South Carolina
Lush tobacco crop at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm, a historical museum complex near Conway in Horry County, South Carolina
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Historic re-enactor Dennis S. Ward depicts farm life at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm, a historical museum complex near Conway in Horry County, South Carolina
Historic re-enactor Dennis S. Ward depicts farm life at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm, a historical museum complex near Conway in Horry County, South Carolina
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

353 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 353 fires within 5 miles of Horry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,843 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 103 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/undetermined112
Debris and open burning111
Arson/incendiarism103
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
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
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1998Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2013Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Horry County

Storms near this place

7 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horry in 7 storm reports between 2005 and 2022: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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
June 2010LightningHorry$15,000Lightning struck a tree, causing it to fall on a mobile home. Three people were inside, but were not injurred.
April 2011HailHorry$1,500Hail to the size of half dollars was reported.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindHorry$1,000A tree was reported down near the intersection of Horry Rd. and Enoch Rd.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHorry$1,000A tree was reported down at the intersection of Smith Road and Horry Road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHorry-A tree was down near the intersection of Enoch Rd. and Corban Pl.
July 2008HailHorry-Hail the size of quarters covered the ground. The hail lasted for about 10 minutes.
May 2005HailHorry-Amateur radio reported nickel size hail on US Rt 50.

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
Salem Crossroads1.3 miles8
Knotty Branch1.7 miles8
Joy (historical)1.7 miles9
Doyle2.0 miles8
Spring Hill2.1 miles9
Pleasant Hill2.2 miles8
Cool Spring2.6 miles8
Polecat Bay (historical)3.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231402. 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.