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North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Little River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29582. The Survey maps it on the Wampee quadrangle. 18,790 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7 feet above sea level.

North Myrtle Beach within Horry County

Population over time

2 figures

North Myrtle Beach grew from 13,752 to 18,790 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201013,752
202018,790+5,038 (+37%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of North Myrtle Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,275 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined31
Debris and open burning30
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural2
Fireworks2

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
24 September 2009Debris and open burning1.2 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1998Debris and open burning30 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.1 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2011Fireworks2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2012Fireworks1.5 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 North Myrtle Beach: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Iron. 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
Myrtle BeachTitanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Beach

Every working recorded in Horry County

Storms near this place

18 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Myrtle Beach in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 6 flash flood, 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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
July 2001Tornado (F1)North Myrtle Beach$800,000A F1 tornado crossed US Hwy 17 just south of SC Hwy 22 (Conway Bypass) doing damage to signs and power poles near the Chesapeake House Restaurant.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNorth Myrtle Beach$100,000A National Weather Service storm survey determined straight line winds blew numerous trees and power lines down northeast of SC Hwy 9 along Little River Neck Road. There was some structural damage to several homes due to fallen or snapped trees. One person was trapped in their home by a large fallen tree. No injuries were reported. The winds were estimated at 80 mph.
September 2000Flash FloodNorth Myrtle Beach$75,000Extensive street flooding occurred in downtown North Myrtle Beach. Several local businesses were affected.
October 2015FloodNorth Myrtle Beach$10,000The road was washed out on Sandridge Rd.
January 1995Thunderstorm WindNorth Myrtle Beach$10,000Trees and power lines down in North Myrtle Beach.
July 2022Flash FloodNorth Myrtle Beach$5,000Water depth was up to the bottom of cars on Anne St.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNorth Myrtle Beach$5,000Several trees were uprooted and there was minor damage to structures in an RV park, including a small shed that was shifted off its foundation.
August 2024Flash FloodNorth Myrtle Beach$1,000Street flooding reported along 13th Avenue South in North Myrtle Beach.
May 2011HailNorth Myrtle Beach$1,000Hail to the size of quarters was reported near the intersection of Highway 31 and Highway 90.
September 2006Flash FloodNorth Myrtle Beach-Significant flooding was reported along North Hillside Dr for several blocks with road closed. The 11th Ave North was flooded, and portions of Hwy 17 at the 1400 block were closed due to high water.
July 2004HailNorth Myrtle Beach-Nickel size hail was reported.
May 2003HailNorth Myrtle Beach-A spotter reported nickel size hail in North Myrtle Beach. Quarter size hail was also reported in Crescent Beach.
July 2001HailNorth Myrtle Beach-Long Creek-Grady fire department reported nickel size hail.
September 1999Flash FloodNorth Myrtle Beach-Heavy rains associated with hurricane Floyd accumulated 15 to 20 inches in the eastern part of the county, causing flooding 3 feet deep in some areas and overwhelming drainage systems. The Waccamaw River gradually rose for the next week, finally cresting near record level and flooding more than 1700 dwellings.
August 1997Funnel CloudNorth Myrtle Beach-Funnel Cloud reported off North Myrtle Beach by Horry PD
October 1999Flash FloodNorth Myrtle Beach-no account filed
June 1997HailNorth Myrtle Beach-no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindNorth Myrtle Beach-no account filed

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
Ingram Beach0.4 miles8
Ocean Drive Beach0.4 miles8
Belle Park0.8 miles8
Forest Lake1.1 miles8
Crescent Beach1.2 miles8
Tilghman Estates1.4 miles8
Robbers Roost Villas1.7 miles8
Pinewood Acres1.9 miles8

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 North Myrtle BeachAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2690579The 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 1251574. 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.