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Lakewood, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Myrtle Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29575. The Survey maps it on the Myrtle Beach quadrangle.

Lakewood within Horry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

108 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Lakewood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 635 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined42
Debris and open burning23
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Arson/incendiarism18
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2007Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.8 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2007Arson/incendiarism30 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2001Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 1997Arson/incendiarism20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1997Debris and open burning1.0 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lakewood: 1 producer. All of them 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
No. 11 MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Horry County

Storms near this place

14 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakewood in 14 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 5 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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 FloodLakewood$250,000Dick Pond Road and adjacent properties were reported flooded.
October 2015Flash FloodLakewood$200,000The Ocean Lakes Family Campground and surrounding complex was reported flooded with water up to 2 feet deep. Higher than normal tides were also contributing to the flooding.
October 2015Flash FloodLakewood$50,000Glenns Bay Road was reportedly flooded between U.S. 17 Business and 17 Bypass. The water was on the verge of entering South Bay Lakes Apartments.
May 2010HailLakewood$50,000Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported. The hail lasted for about 15 minutes and covered the ground.
October 2015Flash FloodLakewood$4,000Flooding was reported along Dogwood Drive.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindLakewood$3,000Several large campers were blown over at Lakewood Campground.
July 2022Flash FloodLakewood$1,000Roads were impassable due to flooding in the Ocean Lakes Campground area.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindLakewood$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds blew the awning off of the California Dreaming restaurant in Surfside Beach.
May 2010HailLakewood$1,000Hail to the size of pennies was reported.
July 2014HailLakewood$750Golf ball size hail was reported on Holtzman Street.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindLakewood$500Strong winds blew down a tree and some large limbs at Wexford Court off of Hwy 544.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindLakewood-Large tree fell on a house off of Glenns Bay Rd in Deerfield.
August 2022Funnel CloudLakewood-A funnel cloud was observed near Scipio Lane.
August 2015FloodLakewood-Flooding was reported on Queens Harbor Blvd.

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
Platt Spring0.2 miles14
Deer Track Villas0.5 miles14
Ocean Lakes0.5 miles14
Prestwick0.6 miles14
Deerfield Plantation0.7 miles14
Longleaf1.5 miles14
Surfside Beach1.6 miles14
Surf Pines1.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231461. 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.