BlockSunny Side, South Carolina
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Waccamaw Neck census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29576. It stands on Whale Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brookgreen quadrangle.
On record in Sunny Side
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Murrells Inlet Historic Districtlisted 1980 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Brookgreen quadrangle1:24000, 5 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
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Sunny Side between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,106 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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 | 77 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunny Side in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 1 lightning, 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Sunny Side | 1 hurt, $100,000 | Waterspout moved onshore near 813 South Waccamaw Dr in Garden|City. It caused damage to a few homes as it quickly moved across|the island. It dissipated over the adjacent marshes west of the|island. An injury occurred at one of the homes along the beach |front. |
| June 2008 | Lightning | Sunny Side | $350,000 | Lightning struck the roof of a house on Bear Creek Loop and started a fire. The fire burned for about two hours and the house was a total loss. A woman inside the single-story dwelling was showering when the lightning struck. She described being jolted across the room by the lightning strike. Medical personnel examined her and stated she was not hurt. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Sunny Side | $1,000 | Flash flooding caused a section of South Waccamaw Drive to close about half a mile south of South Pointe Villas. |
| May 2012 | Flood | Sunny Side | - | A foot of flood water was on Hwy 17 in front of the Waccamaw Hospital. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Sunny Side | - | The 911 Center reported penny size hail blanketed the ground. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Hood | 0.5 miles | 11 | |
| Crystal Oaks | 0.5 miles | 11 | |
| Eagle Crest | 0.8 miles | 11 | |
| Murrells Inlet | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Wachesaw Place | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Inlet Harbor | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Wayside Forest | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Live Oaks | 2.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1226966. 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.