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Pine Island, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Conway East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29579. It stands on Cross Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Myrtle Beach quadrangle. It stands 26 feet above sea level.

Pine Island within Horry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

155 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Pine Island between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,148 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 42 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/undetermined48
Arson/incendiarism42
Debris and open burning23
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural6
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2013Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.8 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2018Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2001Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2006Arson/incendiarism6.0 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pine Island: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 Beach PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Myrtle Beach QyarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
No. 11 MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Waccamaw MineClayProducer

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
Cypress Creek1.3 miles14
Tarpon Bay1.7 miles14
Pinelands1.7 miles14
Konig1.7 miles14
Westwood Estates1.8 miles14
Forestbrook2.0 miles14
Villa Woods2.1 miles14
Hunter Fields2.3 miles14

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 Pine IslandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7195217The 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 1227961. 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.