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Ned Swamp, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Conway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29527. It stands on Ned Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dongola quadrangle.

Ned Swamp within Horry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

419 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 419 fires within 5 miles of Ned Swamp between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,170 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 127 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 burning128
Arson/incendiarism127
Missing data/not specified/undetermined124
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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 1997Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Arson/incendiarism11 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1998Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2002Debris 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Ned Swamp: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Calcium, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Bird QuarryStoneProducer
Buck MineSandProducerSedimentary
G and C QuarryCalciumProducer
Wacca Dee MineLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Alice MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownSedimentary
Alice MineLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
G and C Mine (G&G Mine)Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
Unnamed Coguina Pit(Bird Quarry)Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralPast Producer1980

Every working 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
Guiton Crossing1.4 miles8
Mary1.4 miles9
Oakey Bay1.9 miles8
Juniper Bay2.0 miles8
El Bethel2.2 miles9
Cedar Grove2.5 miles9
Lundy Crossroads2.6 miles8
Cochran Town3.2 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 Q122554129The 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 1231582. 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.