Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
“McWhirter House is a historic home located at Jonesville, Union County, South Carolina. It was built in 1909, and is a two-story, frame Classical Revival style dwelling.”
Wikipedia article McWhirter House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 33 National Register listings published here for Union County · listed in 2003 · category: Building.
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 160 fires within 5 miles of McWhirter House between 1992 and 2018, burning about 402 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 79 |
| Debris and open burning | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of McWhirter House: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 Mine | Clay | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jonesville, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 22 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Lightning | Jonesville | $50,000 | Lightning struck a garage business, destroying the building and a motorcycle located inside. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Jonesville | $50,000 | A massive severe thunderstorm moved south from the Shelby, NC, area into northern Cherokee County and moved slowly across the county. This was a major hail storm with golf ball- to baseball-size hail falling for more than an hour. The largest hail, and the most damage, seemed to occur in the area from south of Gaffney to Jonesville. Up to five inches of rain fell causing localized urban flooding - though none was reported to reach flash flooding levels. Some trees were blown down although the main impact was hail and rain. |
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | $20,000 | A boat was overturned and blown 20 feet in a lot along highway 9 North of Union. Two other boats were lifted and dropped at the same location. In Adamsburg, 2 tool sheds were flattened and a carport damaged by the wind. Several trees were also blown down at the same location. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | $5,000 | The roof was blown off of a mobile home. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | $1,000 | EM and public reported multiple large tree limbs and a few trees blown down, mainly cross the north side of Jonesville, including the Gilead Hills Dr area. A couple of outbuildings also had some tin roofing removed. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | Emergency manager reported trees blown down in the Jonesville area. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | County comms reported numerous trees and some power lines blown down between Jonesville and Union. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | County comms reported a tree and a power lines blown down in the Jonesville area. |
| January 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | Multiple trees were blown down across the county, some on power lines. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Jonesville | - | FD reported pea to quarter size hail west of Jonesville. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | Several trees were blown down in the Jonesville area. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | Several trees and power lines blown down between Jonesville and Lockhart. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | Trees were blown down on T Bishop Rd near Jonesville with several trees down on highway 9 between Jonesville and Lockhart. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | Two trees blown down. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | Quite a few trees down and minor roof damage to a home in Jonesville. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | Large limbs down on Jerusalem Rd and along Peter Hawk Rd, just east of highway 114. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | Trees were blown down. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Jonesville | - | Very heavy rainfall resulted in flooding along several creeks across the county. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | Several large trees were blown down, and siding was torn from a house. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Means House | 2.5 miles | 1973 |
 | Buffalo Mill Historic District | 7.5 miles | 1990 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 03000272 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Union County | All 33 listed properties in this county. |
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