BlockOcean Drive 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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1943 USGS Wampee quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Myrtle Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Myrtle Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wampee quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Ocean Drive Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 362 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.1 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 July 2012 | Fireworks | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ocean Drive Beach in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 2 tornado, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2016 | Lightning | Ocean Drive Beach | 1 hurt | Four men were surf fishing at North Myrtle Beach when lightning struck nearby. One individual was briefly knocked unconscious. |
| September 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Ocean Drive Beach | $200,000 | A tornado impacted the Beacon Ave area in the Waterway View Mobile home park, heading W-SW. Worst damage was between Tanglewood Ave and Gardenia Ave where 2 mobile homes were severely damaged. A shed was displaced into another mobile home and a telephone pole was leaning over. It produced minor damage to another 6 mobile homes before jumping to adjacent neighborhood, Carolina Keyes condominiums, where considerable damage was done to the face of several buildings and minor roof damage. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Ocean Drive Beach | $10,000 | Multiple motorists were stranded in flooded roadways in North Myrtle Beach. Water also entered the buildings of businesses in this area. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Ocean Drive Beach | $3,000 | Hail to the size of golf balls was reported. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Ocean Drive Beach | $1,000 | The intersection of Ocean Blvd and Main St. was closed due to high water. Flooding was up to the wheel wells on vehicles. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ocean Drive Beach | - | A Wunderground station at Cresent Beach recorded a 60 mph gust. |
| October 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Ocean Drive Beach | - | A storm survey team from the National Weather Service, with the aid of the North Myrtle Beach Safety Department, confirmed an EF-0 tornado with winds to 85 mph. The weak tornado was spawned by Hurricane Matthew. The tornado moved ashore on the east side of North Ocean Boulevard , between 17th Avenue North and 18th Avenue North, causing minor structural damage. The tornado rapidly moved across 17th Avenue North and North Hillside Drive, causing downed trees and additional minor structural damage. It then moved near the intersection of 16th Avenue North and Springland Lane, downing more trees. The tornado then moved across a large tract of the Surf Golf and Beach Club, causing more tree damage. The tornado then crossed near North Kings Highway and 11th Avenue North where it impacted a couple of businesses and a small subdivision, but the structural damage was minor. The tornado lifted northeast of Vereen Road near the Intra-coastal Waterway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Myrtle Beach | 0.4 miles | 8 | |
| Ingram Beach | 0.8 miles | 8 | |
| Belle Park | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Tilghman Estates | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Forest Lake | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Robbers Roost Villas | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Crescent Beach | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Cherry Grove Beach | 1.7 miles | 8 |
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 Q122598136 | 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 1251829. 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.