BlockRehobeth, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Aynor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29544. It lies near Turkey Island. The Survey maps it on the Horry 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.
- 1943 USGS Horry quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Kingstree quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
228 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Rehobeth between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,295 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 71 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/undetermined | 72 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 71 |
| Debris and open burning | 68 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rehobeth in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2014: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Hail | Rehobeth | $2,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported on Dog Bluff Road. The hail reportedly lasted for 8 minutes. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Rehobeth | $2,000 | Hail to the size of golf balls was reported on Dog Bluff Road. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rehobeth | $1,000 | A tree was reported down at the intersection of Old Dog Bluff Road and Pee Dee Road. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rehobeth | $1,000 | A large tree was reported down along Pee Dee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dog Bluff | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Gideon | 1.3 miles | 8 | |
| Jonestown | 1.3 miles | 8 | |
| Red Hill | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Tompkins | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Aynor | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Jones Crossroads | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Pages (historical) | 3.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1225832. 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.