Springfield High School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

From the record

“Springfield High School is a historic high school complex located at Springfield, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was built in 1928-1929, and is a two-story, brick high school building with a projecting central and end pavilions.”
Wikipedia article Springfield High School (South Carolina), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 42 National Register listings published here for Orangeburg County · listed in 2001 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. Brodie St., bet. SC 4 and Georgia St., Springfield, 29146
When was it listed? March 2001
Category. building
Census division. Springfield
National Register reference number. 01000313 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Springfield High School between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,065 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 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	42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	32
Arson/incendiarism	13
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Natural	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Smoking	2
Other causes	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
9 September 1997	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2010	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2019	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 2002	Debris and open burning	7.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
27 August 2014	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
6 July 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
30 July 2019	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Orangeburg County

Storms near this property

37 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springfield, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths and 7 injuries. 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
April 2020	Tornado (EF3)	Springfield	2 killed, 7 hurt	A strong, long-track tornado began just south of the town of Elko in Barnwell Co SC where it was rated as EF-1, then moved in a general northeast direction through Orangeburg Co SC, where it reached EF-3 intensity and caused 2 fatalities and 7 injuries. The tornado dissipated shortly after crossing into Calhoun Co SC southwest of St. Matthews before reaching I-26. \|\|The tornado downed numerous trees along its path. It crossed Norway Rd where it snapped multiple power poles. As the tornado reached Fire Tower Rd west of Neeses, it intensified further, destroying 3 anchored manufactured homes on Preserver Rd near Ninety Six Rd. It was in this area that the 2 known fatalities occurred to residents in a double-wide manufactured home. \|\|The tornado then turned more eastward, crossing Savannah Hwy (US Hwy 321) and Dragstrip Rd north of Livingston. There were several homes or manufactured homes that were heavily damaged or destroyed in this area. The tornado gradually weakened as it crossed North Rd (US Hwy 178) and crossed into Calhoun Co.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$5,000	Power lines blown down by wind, also marble-size hail reported.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$4,000	Post Office reported several trees down on Furtick road just west of Springfield.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$3,000	Highway Patrol reported trees down near the intersection of SC Hwy 4 and Norway Road.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$3,000	Dispatch reported trees down on Dr. Boyleton road.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$2,000	Dispatch reported powerlines down in Springfield.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$1,000	Dispatch reoprted a powerline down on Goodland Drive.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$1,000	Sheriff reported a couple of trees down on Springfield road and Buffalo Pond road near Capital Hwy.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Orangeburg County EM Reported trees down at 1400 Springfield Rd. Time estimated based on radar.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	SCDPS website reported a tree on the roadway on SC-3. Time estimated by radar.
November 2024	Flash Flood	Springfield	-	SC Dept. of Public Safety reports roadway flooding on Springfield Road near the intersection of Skyland Dr. Time estimated from radar.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Orangeburg County Dispatch reported a tree down along Firetower Road.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Orangeburg Co EM reported a tree down in Springfield at Hwy 3 and Hwy 4. Time estimated.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Orangeburg Co EM reported a tree down in Springfield on Sycamore St and Hwy 39. \| Time estimated.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Tree in roadway at Springfield Rd and Gleaton Circle. Time estimated.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Tree in roadway at Pig Pen Landing Rd and Capital Way. Time estimated.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Tree in roadway at Asia Fulmer Court. Time estimated.
April 2020	Tornado (EF1)	Springfield	-	A strong, long-track tornado began in Aiken Co SC, within the boundaries of the Savannah River Site, then moved in a general northeast direction. While in Aiken Co, the tornado was rated EF-3. The tornado then crossed into N Barnwell Co SC. While in Barnwell Co, the tornado was rated as EF-1. The tornado continued moving NE and crossed into Orangeburg Co SC, where it dissipated near the town of Neeses. \|\|While in Orangeburg Co, the tornado was rated as EF-1. The tornado uprooted many large trees in the town of Springfield, some of which fell on homes and one on a church. The tornado then crossed the path of another tornado near Fire Tower Rd and Starwood Dr. Several homes along Fire Tower Rd had extensive roof and front porch damage. Multiple trees were down along Ninety Six Rd, with one of them falling on a house. The tornado finally dissipated east of Ninety Six Rd just before reaching the Neeses town limits.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Numerous trees down near the town of Springfield, especially at the intersection of SC Hwy 3 and SC Hwy 4 near the flea market.
July 2016	Hail	Springfield	-	Golf ball size hail on Edisto Street in Springfield.
June 2015	Hail	Springfield	-	Public reported 1 inch hail 3 miles northeast of Springfield.
May 2008	Hail	Springfield	-	Public reported nickel size hail.
August 2008	Hail	Springfield	-	Public reported quarter size hail at convenience store in Springfield. Large tree limbs were also reported down along Highway 39.
June 2005	Hail	Springfield	-	Post Office reported penny size hail.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Utility company reported trees and powerlines down and power outages.
May 2005	Hail	Springfield	-	EM reported quarter size hail.
May 2005	Hail	Springfield	-	Post Office reported 3/4 inch hail.
September 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Sheriff reported trees down in the western part of the county.
April 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Sheriff reported large tree branches and powerlines down.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	EOC reported trees down from Springfield to North.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Highway Patrol reported trees down in Springfield on Highway 3.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	State Highway Patrol reported couple trees down on highway 3.
April 1997	Hail	Springfield	-	no account filed
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	no account filed
June 1996	Hail	Springfield	-	no account filed
July 1996	Hail	Springfield	-	no account filed
March 1996	Hail	Springfield	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orangeburg County

Map coverage status

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.

Listed places nearby

1 within 8 miles

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
	Willow Consolidated High School	7.6 miles	2006

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 01000313 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Orangeburg County	All 42 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.