BlockYauhannah, South Carolina
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Plantersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29554. It stands on Yauhannah Creek. The Survey maps it on the Yauhannah quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Yauhannah quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
152 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Yauhannah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,358 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 41 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 | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Natural | 125 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2010 | 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 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yauhannah in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yauhannah | $30,000 | A storm survey concluded straight-line winds downed two trees, one falling on a house. Power lines were also reported down. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Yauhannah | - | Hail was observed at the Myrtle Beach Golf and Yacht Club. |
| October 2003 | Heavy Rain | Yauhannah | - | Rains in excess of five inches caused ponding on Hwy 261 between Yauhannah and Outland and near Browns Ferry Bridge. A pond was also reported to overflow its banks onto Hwy 261. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yauhannah | - | Georgetown 911 reported two trees down on power lines. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tabor | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Upper Topsaw Landing | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Conch Creek | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lower Topsaw Landing | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Rice Crossroads | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Saint Pauls | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Petersfield | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Cribb Crossroads | 5.2 miles | 9 |
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 Q122559323 | 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 1251524. 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.