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Pleasant Grove, South Carolina

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Andrews census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29510. It stands on Brightman Swamp. The Survey maps it on the Olin quadrangle.

Pleasant Grove within Georgetown County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

269 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 269 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,195 acres in total. 7 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 burning92
Missing data/not specified/undetermined89
Arson/incendiarism56
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes1

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
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Georgetown County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove: 3 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, 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
M & T Chemicals/ Andrews, S.C.ZirconiumPlant
Olin QuadrangleTitanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Beach
Plant 5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Plant 5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Warsaw PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Warsaw PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Winyah Block Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Georgetown County

Storms near this place

2 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Grove in 2 storm reports in 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
March 2025Thunderstorm WindPleasant Grove-Large tree blown down near Miracle Loop and County Line Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPleasant Grove-A report came in of a tree down on Cumbee Rd.

Every storm recorded in Georgetown 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
Forbes Corner3.2 miles9
Bethel3.3 miles9
Puncheon Creek3.4 miles9
Green Bay3.5 miles9
Italy4.0 miles9
Kent4.1 miles9
Francis Marion Estates4.4 miles8
Olin4.5 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227964. 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.