Built in 1846. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
“Pitts Plantation, also known as the Greenwood Plantation or the William J. Benton House, is a historic house on a plantation in Pittsview, Alabama, United States.”
Wikipedia article Samuel R. Pitts Plantation, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 22 National Register listings published here for Russell County · listed in 1992 · category: District · built in 1846.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Samuel R. Pitts Plantation between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,338 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Smoking | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CR 17 OFF HWY 80, AL |
| 11 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160727-4 |
| 19 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 465 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | DUDLEY |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pittsview, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2009 | Flash Flood | Pittsview | $10,000 | An estimated 6 inches of rain in a short time caused several dirt roads to become washed out near the Pittsview community. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsview | $8,000 | Several trees were blown down or snapped off near CR 4 from Pittsview to Cottonton. Additional tree damage occurred along CR 12 east of Glenville. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsview | $8,000 | Numerous trees and power lines knocked down just east of Pittsview near the intersection of CR 4 and CR 39. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Pittsview | $5,000 | A supercell thunderstorm produced a swath of golf ball size hail from near the Rutherford community, to Pittsview, to near Cottonton. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsview | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of Pittsview. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Pittsview | - | The weakening, left moving supercell still managed to produce severe hail across far southeastern RussellCounty. The reported hail size ranged from penny to nickel size and affected areas in and near Pittsview, Glenville, and Holy Trinity. |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Glenn-Thompson Plantation | 2.9 miles | 1980 |
 | Glennville Historic District | 4.4 miles | 1979 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92000819 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Russell County | All 22 listed properties in this county. |
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