BlockPlaycards, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Loris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29569. It stands on Zeeks Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bayboro quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1948 USGS Bayboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Bayboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
224 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Playcards between 1992 and 2020, burning about 892 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 56 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 | 82 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Playcards in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Playcards | $6,000 | A tree reportedly fell onto a car on Green Sea Road. No injuries were reported. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Playcards | $2,000 | Two trees were reported down near the intersection of South Green Sea Road and Williamson Drive. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Playcards | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on Highway 19. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Playcards | - | A tree fell on SC410. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Playcards | - | A tree was down in the roadway at the intersection of highways 19 and 917. |
| August 2012 | Flood | Playcards | - | South Carolina State Road 19 was closed due to flooding near Barts Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarvis Crossroads | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Bayboro | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Finklea | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Live Oak | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Gurley | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Allsbrook | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Princeville | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant View | 4.1 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 Q122542396 | 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 1250151. 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.