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Saluda County, South Carolina

39 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

Research this county

From the record

10 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

South Carolina within the United States
Saluda County within South Carolina

What the record shows

  • 1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Saluda, in 1933.
  • 2 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 372 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 10 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 8 buildings, 1 site and 1 district.
  • 2 of the 10 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 32 populated places in this county; 32 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

2 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Saluda County Bridge No. 4, Road S-26 spanning Clouds Creek, Jones Crossroads, Saluda County, SC
Saluda County Bridge No. 4, Road S-26 spanning Clouds Creek, Jones Crossroads, Saluda County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
South Carolina Route 391 Bridge, Spanning Saluda River on South Carolina Route 391, Saluda, Saluda County, SC
South Carolina Route 391 Bridge, Spanning Saluda River on South Carolina Route 391, Saluda, Saluda County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

10

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Bonham Housebuilding197474001875
Butler Family Cemeterysite197474001874
Marsh-Johnson Housebuilding198282003904
Ridge Hill High Schoolbuilding201010000341
Saluda Theatrebuilding199393001406
Spann Methodist Church and Cemeterybuilding200303001059
Stevens-Dorn Farmsteadbuilding199797000778
Strother Place, Olddistrict199494000063
Webb-Coleman Housebuilding199292000365
Whitehallbuilding198080003697

The county from the air

28 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,119 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 28 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-03-09, scale 1:59000
1951-03-09, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-03-09, scale 1:59000
1951-03-09, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-03-09, scale 1:59000
1951-03-09, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-03-09, scale 1:59000
1951-03-09, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-06-23, scale 1:60000
1961-06-23, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-06-23, scale 1:60000
1961-06-23, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-06-23, scale 1:60000
1961-06-23, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-06-23, scale 1:60000
1961-06-23, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-07, scale 1:19000
1962-02-07, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-07, scale 1:19000
1962-02-07, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-07, scale 1:19000
1962-02-07, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-07, scale 1:19000
1962-02-07, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-01, scale 1:50000
1964-04-01, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-01, scale 1:50000
1964-04-01, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-01, scale 1:50000
1964-04-01, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-01, scale 1:50000
1964-04-01, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-20, scale 1:19000
1969-02-20, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-20, scale 1:19000
1969-02-20, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-20, scale 1:19000
1969-02-20, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-20, scale 1:19000
1969-02-20, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-10, scale 1:19000
1970-03-10, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-10, scale 1:19000
1970-03-10, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-10, scale 1:19000
1970-03-10, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-18, scale 1:19000
1971-02-18, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-18, scale 1:19000
1971-02-18, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-18, scale 1:19000
1971-02-18, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-01-01, scale 1:26000
1981-01-01, scale 1:26000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-01-01, scale 1:26000
1981-01-01, scale 1:26000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

8 stations, 6 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

24 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 41-1Township 1: Township 1 - That part east of Clouds Creek and north of State Hwy. 43
  • 41-2Township 1 - That part west of Clouds Creek and north of State Hwy. 43
  • 41-3Township 1 - That part west of Clouds Creek and south of State Hwy. 43
  • 41-4Township 1 - That part east of Clouds Creek and south of State Hwy. 43
  • 41-5Township 2: Batesburg town - That part in Saluda County comprising part of Township 2 (Remainder of Batesburg town is in Chinquepin township, Lexington County)
  • 41-6Township 2 - That part east of Clouds Creek, outside Batesburg town
  • 41-7Township 2 - That part west of Clouds Creek
  • 41-8Township 3: Township 3 - That part north of State Hwy. 278, north and northeast of road from State Hwy. 278 to State Hwy. 194 via Higgins - Rosenwald School and Providence Church and School and north and northwest of State Hwy. 194
  • 41-9Township 3 - That part south of State Hwy. 278, south and southwest of road from State Hwy. 278 to State Hwy. 194 via Higgins - Rosenwald School and Providence Church and School and northwest of State Hwy. 194
  • 41-10Township 3 - That part southeast and south of State Hwy. 194
  • 41-11Township 4: Saluda town: Saluda town - That part east of State Hwy. 19, N. Main, S. Main and State Hwy. 19
  • 41-12Saluda town - That part west of State Hwy. 19, N. Main, S. Main and State Hwy. 19
  • 41-13Township 4 - That part northeast of State Hwy. 39. outside Saluda town
  • 41-14Township 4 - That part southwest of State Hwy. 39. outside Saluda town
  • 41-15Township 5: Township 5 - That part east of State Hwy. 39
  • 41-16Township 5 - That part west of State Hwy. 39
  • 41-17Township 6: Township 6 - That part north of U.S. Hwy. 178, west of State Hwy. 197 and northwest of State Hwy. 43
  • 41-18Township 6 - That part south of U.S. Hwy. 178, east of State Hwy. 197 and southeast of State Hwy. 43
  • 41-19Township 7: Ridge Spring town
  • 41-20Wards town
  • 41-21Township 7 - That part east of State Hwys. 39 and 392, outside Ridge Spring town
  • 41-22Township 7 - That part west of State Hwys. 39 and 392, northeast of State Hwy. 193 and southeast of State Hwy. 23, outside Ridge Spring and Wards towns
  • 41-23ATownship 7 - That part west of State Hwy. 19
  • 41-23BTownship 7 - That part southwest of State Hwy. 193, northwest of State Hwy. 23 and east of State Hwy. 19, outside Wards town

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

712 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 712 of them, burning about 2,737 acres. 34 started naturally and 52 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning250
Missing data/not specified/undetermined246
Equipment and vehicle use90
Arson/incendiarism52
Natural34
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Smoking10
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes3
Fireworks2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
12 March 2006Debris and open burning310 acresFrancis Marion & Sumter National ForestsUGLY
19 July 2002Equipment and vehicle use135 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 April 2004Debris and open burning58 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 October 2013Debris and open burning57 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 March 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 May 2004Debris and open burning53 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 March 2013Power generation/transmission/distribution53 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 January 2018Debris and open burning50 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1955 to 2026

60 of 316 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 316 reports for this county, causing 3 deaths, 22 injuries and about $8,167,530 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind215
Hail75
Tornado17
Flash Flood6
Funnel Cloud3

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 1955Tornado (F2)not stated2 killed, 10 hurt, $250,000no account filed
November 1992Tornado (F3)not stated1 killed, 9 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
April 1999HailSaluda2 hurt, $2,000,000A supercell storm moved se through Saluda county and produced hail to baseball size along its entire path. Damage was done to homes, buildings, farm equipment, vehicles, and crops. The damage path was about three miles wide. Two people were injured by the hail when they were caught outside in the middle of plowing their fields.
September 2004Tornado (F1)Saluda1 hurtStorm survey found numerous trees and powerlines down, light to moderate damage to several mobile homes, a 2 story barn destroyed, 2 trees on cars, and light to moderate roof damage to several framed homes.
November 1992Tornado (F2)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWard$210,000Saluda Standard-Sentinel reported a home at 624 Duncan Road severely damaged from an intense microburst and numerous trees down around the area over southern part of the county near Ridge Springs.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindMayson$200,000Saluda County emergency manager reported a couple chicken houses were destroyed and tin from the roof of a building near Simmons Rd was lifted.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindTravis$60,000Public reported trees and large limbs down on Sumter School Road and other secondary roads in the area. Roofs were torn off several outbuildings and a flag pole was blown to the ground.
May 1998Tornado (F1)Ward$50,000An F1 tornado damaged several buildings and homes and picked up two cotton bin holders and threw them 100 yds.
February 1993HailSaluda$50,000Golfball-size hail damaged an automobile and caused damage to some roofs.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindSaluda$40,000Sheriff reported trees down on a home in Saluda.
September 2016Flash FloodMayson$35,000Fruit Hill Road at Henley Road, Fruit Hill Road at Star Court, Larkin Rice Road between Gregory Lane and Old Chappells Ferry Road, and Hare Avenue at N. Bouknight Ferry Road all impassible and closed. Also, residents of 5 mobile homes were evacuated due to flooding at Mohawk Drive and S. Bouknight Ferry Road. A small amount of water entered 2 of the homes but no significant damage occurred.
April 2015HailBatesburg$24,000Sheriff reported at least quarter size hail putting dents in vehicles.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindMayson$20,000Dispatch reported trees and powerlines down countywide.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBatesburg$16,000Police reported numerous trees and powerlines down in Batesburg.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindPerrys Xrds$12,000Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down with outages north and northeast of Saluda to the Newberry county line.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMerchant$12,000WIS TV Meteorologist reported trees down outside of Saluda. One of the trees was a 3 foot diamater Oak Tree. An unfinished barn or garage was blown down on a car. Small hail was also observed.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBatesburg$12,000SKYWARN spotter measured a 52 kt wind gust that took down trees and powerlines in Batesburg.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSaluda$10,000EM reported multiple trees down county wide.
March 2010Thunderstorm WindRidge Spg$10,000EM reported a few trees down in the Ridge Springs area and shingles and facia torn of St. Williams Catholic Church.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSaluda$10,000Public reported roof pealed off of barn off US 378 near the Edgefield county line.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindRidge Spg$7,000Sheriff reported trees down in the Ridge Spring area.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindColemans Xrds$6,000SCE&G reported over 600 power outages due to thunderstorms winds taking down power lines.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindSaluda$6,000Sheriff reported several trees down in the Ridge Springs area and along Hwy 121.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMt Willing$6,000DOT reported trees down on Batesburg Hwy, SC41, and Hwy 376.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindSaluda$6,000Sheriff reported trees down on Mariachi Drive, Old Chappells Ferry Road, and on Henley Road.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindSaluda$6,000SKYWARN spotter reported trees down, one on a home that went through the roof near SC hwys 391 and 378.
July 2012HailSaluda Co Arpt$5,000Public reported quarter size hail.
July 2012HailMayson$5,000The public reported quarter size hail northwest of Saluday near Hwy 702.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDennis Xrds$5,000Sheriff reported trees down at Hickory Grove Road and Hollywood Road.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindSaluda Co Arpt$5,000Sheriff reported trees down on Rocky Creek Road.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindSaluda$5,000Sheriff reported trees down and roof blown off chicken house on hwy 178.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSaluda Co Arpt$4,000Highway Patrol reported trees down near the intersection of Hwy 121 and Daniel Ave.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindColemans Xrds$4,000Dispatch reported a couple of trees down on Hollywood Road off of U.S. 521.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindDennis Xrds$4,000Sheriff reported trees down at Hickory Grove Road and Andrew Coleman Road in the Hickory Grove subdivision.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPerrys Xrds$4,000Sheriff dispatch reported trees down on powerlines along Old CHerokee Trail.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindMerchant$4,000Highway Patrol reported trees down near Lake Murray on Mt. Willing Road.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindSaluda$4,000Sheriff reported trees down on the southeast of Saluda.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindBleases Xrds$4,000Sheriff reported trees down from the northwest portions of the county to Saluday.
March 2011HailSaluda$4,000Public reported nickel to quarter size hail covering the ground.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWard$4,000Public reported a few trees down along Thunder Road just north of Ward.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMt Willing$3,000Highway Patrol reported trees down on U.S. 178 near Sardis Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBatesburg$3,000Dispatch reported trees down on West Creek Road.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindSaluda$3,000EMD reported several trees down along Hwy 121 in the Oldtown area.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBatesburg$3,000Highway Patrol reported trees down at Old Golf Course road and hwy 178.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMayson$3,000Sheriff dispatch reported trees down at Greenwood Hwy and Larkin Rice road.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindSaluda$3,000Sheriff reported trees down northwest of Saluda.
November 2010Thunderstorm WindBig Creek$3,000Sheriff reported trees down on Old Chapel road.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindWard$2,000Highway Patrol reported trees down on Daniel Ave. about 1 mile outside of Ward.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindColemans Xrds$2,000Dispatch reported multiple trees and powerlines down on Shiloh Road near Yarborough Road.
June 2015Flash FloodMayson$2,000Dispatch reported flash flooding on Fruithill Road near Hwy 178 and along other rural roads in that area.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMt Willing$2,000Dispatch reported trees down on Spann Road.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindDennis Xrds$2,000Saluda dispatch reported powerlines down on Denny Hwy at Bethany Schoolhouse Road.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindTravis$2,000Saluda dispatch reported trees down on Rock Hill Road.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindBleases Xrds$2,000Highway Patrol reported trees down across Hwy 178.
January 2010Thunderstorm WindBatesburg$2,000Sheriff reported trees down along Hwy 178 and Amick Farms road.
November 2010Thunderstorm WindBig Creek$2,000Sheriff reported powerlines down.
November 2010Thunderstorm WindRidge Spg$2,000Sheriff reported a couple of trees down on Hwy 121 north of town.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWard$2,000Sheriff reported a couple of trees down on Duncan Road and Hwy 23.
February 2003Thunderstorm WindSaluda$2,000Spotter reported a shed destroyed.

Mines and quarries

21 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 21 workings inside this county. 2 still produce and 19 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Clay14
Gold5
Nickel, Copper1
Granite, Stone, Dimension1
Mica1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cromley MineMicaPast ProducerPegmatite (?)
Culbreath MineGold, Nickel, CopperUnknown1908
Whittle QuarryGranite, Stone, DimensionUnknownIgneous
Culbreath MineGoldPast Producer
Mountain Creek ProspectGoldOccurrence
Yarborough MineGoldPast Producer1908
Yarborough MineGoldPast Producer
Abney Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary Clay
Bauknight Shale PitClayProducerMetamorphic
Hopkins Shale PitClayUnknownMetamorphic
Padgette Shale PitClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Saluda County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Saluda County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Saluda County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Saluda County MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Saluda County MineClayPast Producer
Saluda County MineClayPast Producer
Saluda County MinesClayPast Producer
Saluda MineClayProducer
Saluda River MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Saluda River MineClayPast Producer

Every populated place in the county

32

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 1 place that was also surveyed for fire insurance comes first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

The vanished settlements of Saluda County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Saluda, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1933

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

2 structures

The vanished settlements of Saluda County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.