BlockKnotty Branch, 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 29544. The Survey maps it on the Horry quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Horry quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
371 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 371 fires within 5 miles of Knotty Branch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,063 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 106 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 | 124 |
| Debris and open burning | 117 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 106 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Knotty Branch in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Knotty Branch | $60,000 | Highway 501 near Highway 22 was reported closed due to flooding. A portion of the roadway was washed out. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Knotty Branch | $10,000 | Hail to the size of baseballs was reported. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Knotty Branch | $5,000 | Hail to the size of golf balls covered the ground. The hail lasted for 7 minutes. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Knotty Branch | $2,000 | Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported at Seaside Mulch on Dog Bluff Road. The hail lasted for 5 minutes and covered the ground. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Knotty Branch | $2,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported on Dog Bluff Road. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knotty Branch | - | A tree was down on Enoch Road. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knotty Branch | - | Three trees and large limbs down near the intersection of US 508 and SC 22 south of Aynor. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knotty Branch | - | Three trees were reported down. A patio set was blown about 20 feet and sustained damage. Damage occurred near Highway 501 and Brunson Spring Road. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knotty Branch | - | A large tree was reported down along Knotty Branch Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horry | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Lundy Crossroads | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Salem Crossroads | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Doyle | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Joy (historical) | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Juniper Bay | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Spring Hill | 3.6 miles | 9 |
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 Q122542574 | 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 1246270. 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.