Nixonville, 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 29526. It stands on Cane Bay. The Survey maps it on the Nixonville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 11 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.
- 1937 USGS Nixonville quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Nixonville quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Nixonville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Nixonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Myrtle Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Myrtle Beach quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
145 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Nixonville between 1992 and 2018, burning about 22,756 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 39 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 | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2011 | Fireworks | 1,155 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | HORNET FIRE |
| 28 July 2005 | Natural | 12 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Nixonville: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pit No. 3 Route 90 | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nixonville in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Lightning | Nixonville | $5,000,000 | Lightning caused a house fire on Long Left Pine Drive in Conway, SC. |
| October 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Nixonville | $25,000 | A storm survey conducted by the National Weather Service confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down near the intersection of Old Reaves Ferry Rd. and Inman Cir. and tracked to the northeast. Considerable tree damage was observed between Inman Cir. and the Waccamaw River. The team observed numerous trees, up to 16 inches in diameter, snapped and many large limbs were also broken out of the tree tops. On the east side of Inman Cir., a window was blown out of a garage and the garage door buckled slightly. Winds were estimated to 95 mph. The tornado had a path length of just over a third of a mile and a maximum path width of 75 yards. The tornado was on the ground for less than 2 minutes. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nixonville | - | Multiple trees down/snapped in the Walden Preserve and Heritage Preserve complexes off of Hwy 90. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nixonville | - | Tweet from the public confirmed trees down near the intersection of Old Reaves Ferry road and Bear Bluff road. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Nixonville | - | Dime to penny size hail reported in the Nixonsville area of Horry county. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nixonville | - | Tree down on Hwy 90. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grahamville | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Vina | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Dogwood Neck (historical) | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hand | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Shell | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Hammond | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Red Bluff Crossroads | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Hickory Grove | 5.5 miles | 11 |
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 Q122561189 | 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 1231594. 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.








