Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
“Grays Consolidated High School was a historic high school located at Grays, Jasper County, South Carolina. It was built in 1927 and rebuilt in 1931.”
Wikipedia article Grays Consolidated High School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 8 National Register listings published here for Jasper County · 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 247 fires within 5 miles of Grays Consolidated High School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,419 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 47 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 | 103 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Other causes | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grays, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | $4,000 | County officials relayed numerous reports of trees down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | $2,000 | The Jasper County Warning Point, reported trees down at Heritage Road and Grays Highway in Grays, South Carolina. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | $2,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down in the community of Grays. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | $2,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down near the intersection of Possum Corner Road and Grays Highway. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | $2,000 | A few Trees and a Power Line were reported down in Grays. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | $1,500 | Law enforcement reported trees down and blocking parts of Langfordville Road, 2 miles southwest of Grays, South Carolina. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | $1,000 | The South Carolina Department of Highways reported a tree down near the intersection of Grays Highway near Pine Level Baptist Church. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | $1,000 | The Department of Highways reported a tree down on Highway 3 near Grays Highway. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | $1,000 | One tree down at intersection of SC Highway 3 and Pine Level Church Road. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Cat Branch Road and Pinelevel Church Road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | $500 | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at Grays Highway and Heritage Road. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | $500 | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Grays Highway and Cat Branch Road. The tree was blown down due to thunderstorm outflow. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | $500 | Law Enforcement reported a tree in the roadway at Mill Pond Road. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | $500 | Law Enforcement reported a tree down in Grays, South Carolina. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | The Jasper County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Rivers Hill Road. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | Jasper County dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Big Branch Road and Cat Branch Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | Jasper County dispatch reported a tree down along Grays Highway and Pine Level Church Road. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | Jasper County dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 3 and Johnnie Peeples Drive. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | A Jasper County emergency manager reported roof damage as well as a couple trees blown over on Jonnie Peeples Road. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Grays | - | A trained spotter reported quarter to golf ball sized hail that lasted approximately 5 minutes. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | The Jasper County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Edison Smith Road. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at the intersection of Stoney Brooke Lane and Firetower Road. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down on Highway 3 east of Grays. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Cat Branch Road and Possum Corner Road. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | Local law enforcement reported a tree down on Grays Highway. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree blown down near the Intersection of Cat Branch Road and Pine Branch Drive. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Grays | - | The Jasper County Fire and Rescue Department reported Rice Patch Road closed due to flooding between Big Branch Road to Pine Level Church Road. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | The South Carolina State Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Cat Branch Road and Pine Branch Drive. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Heritage Road with Grays Highway. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | Jasper County law enforcement reported several trees down on Heritage Road. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported 2 trees down along Grays Highway. One tree was down near the intersection of Heritage Road and the other was down near the intersection with Cat Branch Road. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | Jasper County warning point reported a tree down on Pine Level Church Road. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported a tree and power line down on Grays Highway near River Hill Road. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Grays | - | A trained weather spotter reported quarter size hail and 40 mph wind gusts, 2 miles south-southeast of Grays, South Carolina. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | Mobile home damaged. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Gillisonville Baptist Church | 4.8 miles | 1971 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07000986 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Jasper County | All 8 listed properties in this county. |
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