Longs, South Carolina
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Longs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29568. The Survey maps it on the Longs quadrangle. It stands 33 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1944 USGS Longs quadrangle1:31680
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Longs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Myrtle Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Longs quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Myrtle Beach quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
178 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Longs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,258 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 47 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 63 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 178 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | BAYS HUNT CLUB |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Longs in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 12 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Lightning | Longs | $10,000 | Lightning struck the roof of a home in the community of Long Bay, knocking out a one square foot section of the roof. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Longs | $2,000 | Trees were blown down off of Hwy 905. A trampoline was damaged. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Longs | $1,000 | A tree was reported down along Highway 9 westbound. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Longs | $1,000 | Hail to the size of quarters was reported. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Longs | $1,000 | Hail to the size of quarters was reported. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Longs | $1,000 | Hail a little larger than quarters was reported. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Longs | $500 | Hail to the size of quarters was reported at the intersection of Highway 9 and Highway 905. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Longs | - | Some trees and fences blown down in the Canvas Back Dr. area. A NWS survey confirmed that this event was from thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| October 2015 | Heavy Rain | Longs | - | A co-op observer in the town of Longs reported 14.93 of rainfall in approximately the last 30 hours. |
| October 2015 | Heavy Rain | Longs | - | A two day total rainfall was measured at 21.14. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Longs | - | A brief period of hail to the size of nickels was reported near the intersection of Highway 9 and 905. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Longs | - | Hail was estimated to penny size. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Longs | - | The wind speed was estimated to 60 mph by the public. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Longs | - | Trees down on West Dogwood Road. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Longs | - | Quarter size hail fell at the fire station. |
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Longs | - | A utility company reported several trees and power lines down. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Longs | - | Trained spotter reported half dollar size hail. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Longs | - | Horry Electric reported trees down across power lines. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Longs | - | Longs fire department reported quarter size hail. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Longs | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Longs | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Longs | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Longs | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freemont | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| Little Town | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Chestnut Crossroads | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Worthams Ferry | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Stephens Crossroads | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Brooksville | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Wampee | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Star Bluff Crossroads | 5.8 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Longs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6674263 | 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 1246465. 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.







