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White Oak, South Carolina

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Conway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29526. It stands on Mary Branch. The Survey maps it on the Conway quadrangle.

White Oak within Horry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

385 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 385 fires within 5 miles of White Oak between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,443 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 108 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 burning125
Missing data/not specified/undetermined115
Arson/incendiarism108
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
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 1997Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Arson/incendiarism11 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1998Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 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 White Oak: 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Wacca-Dee Materials Company MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
West MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownSedimentary
Godwin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Godwin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Horry County

Storms near this place

6 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Oak in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2020Tornado (EF1)White Oak1 hurt, $150,000The tornado formed on the west side of Oak St. near an open field|then moved north, crossing Oak St. where it caused significant|damage to a home. The tornado also caused minor damage to an|adjacent home and storage building, but considerable damage to an|old barn. A large tree was snapped near the homes and several|other trees were uprooted in the forest north of the damaged|homes. The tornado likely dissipated prior to crossing Brown|Swamp, or south of Four Mile Rd.
October 2016Flash FloodWhite Oak$1,000,000Numerous reports of flooded roads in Conway and throughout Horry County. Many structures were impacted by the flood waters.
October 2015Flash FloodWhite Oak$50,000Flood waters were reportedly entering homes along and near Mill Pond Road.
May 2012HailWhite Oak$1,000Hail up to the size of quarters was reported.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWhite Oak-Tree down on Elm St in Conway, near 16th Ave.
May 2019HailWhite Oak-Nickle size hail was reported.

Every storm 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
Cochran Town0.3 miles9
Chicora0.6 miles9
Darden Terrace0.7 miles9
Country Club Forest1.3 miles9
Homewood1.3 miles9
El Bethel1.4 miles9
Park Hill1.4 miles9
North Conway1.5 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227540. 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.