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Jaluco, 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 29579. The Survey maps it on the Nixonville quadrangle.

Jaluco 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

200 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Jaluco between 1992 and 2019, burning about 24,484 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 62 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
Arson/incendiarism62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Debris and open burning36
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural5
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2013Misuse of fire by a minorunder 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
15 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2018Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1997Debris and open burning5.0 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Jaluco: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
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

15 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jaluco in 15 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 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
October 2015Flash FloodJaluco$25,000Minsteris Drive was reportedly impassable due to flood waters.
August 2019LightningJaluco$5,000Lightning struck an apartement complex southeast of Conway, causing a small fire. No injuries were reported, and damage was minor.
November 2012HailJaluco$2,000Hail to the size of quarters was reported at the Legends Golf Resort.
November 2012HailJaluco$2,000Hail to the size of quarters was reported at the Tanger Outlet Mall on Highway 501.
July 2023LightningJaluco$1,000Lightning struck a tree at the Man O' War Golf Club in Myrtle Beach, catching it on fire. The strike traveled down the trunk and underground, where it damaged golf course irrigation water lines. No injuries or other damage.
July 2014HailJaluco$1,000Golf ball size hail was reported.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindJaluco$1,000A tree was reported in the roadway on Highway 544.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindJaluco$1,000A tree was reported down across Highway 544.
September 2011HailJaluco$1,000Hail to the size of quarters was reported at Conway Hospital.
September 2011HailJaluco$1,000Hail to the size of quarters was reported in the Carolina Forest subdivision.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindJaluco$1,000Trees were reported down in the Woodwind Mobile Home Park located adjacent to SC-544. Two homes were damaged by fallen trees.
September 2011HailJaluco$250Hail to the size of nickels was reported at the intersection of Highway 544 and Singleton Ridge Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindJaluco-A hardwood tree was uprooted.
April 2011HailJaluco-Hail to the size of nickels was reported near Highway 501.
August 2010HailJaluco-Small hail fell along Carolina Forest Boulevard. The public report was relayed through local television media.

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
Myrtle Trace1.3 miles11
Coastal Heights2.0 miles9
Burning Ridge2.1 miles9
College Park2.3 miles9
Westwood Estates2.5 miles14
Crosswinds2.7 miles9
University Forest2.8 miles9
Pine Valley Estates2.9 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 Q122552221The 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 1227922. 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.