BlockHuntington Marsh, South Carolina
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Waccamaw Neck census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29576. It stands on Allston Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brookgreen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1943 USGS Brookgreen quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
72 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Huntington Marsh between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,059 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined | 55 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 June 2004 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 May 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 May 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inlet Oaks Village | 0.3 miles | 11 | |
| Blue Heron | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Captains Cove | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Moss Creek | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Hill | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Live Oaks | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Wayside Forest | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Wachesaw Place | 1.9 miles | 11 |
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 Q122552851 | The 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 1232363. 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.