Campbell's Covered Bridge

Built in 1909. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

From the record

“Campbell's Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge in northeastern Greenville County, South Carolina, near the small town of Gowensville, and crosses Beaverdam Creek off Pleasant Hill Road.”
Wikipedia article Campbell's Covered Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 97 National Register listings published here for Greenville County · listed in 2009 · category: Structure · built in 1909.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. 123 Campbell Covered Bridge Rd., Gowensville, 29356
When was it listed? July 2009
Category. structure
Census division. Highland
When was it built? 1909
National Register reference number. 09000483 - 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Campbell's Covered Bridge between 1992 and 2018, burning about 644 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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	38
Debris and open burning	22
Arson/incendiarism	10
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Smoking	2
Other causes	2
Fireworks	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
4 August 2006	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
11 August 2008	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
2 July 2000	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
11 July 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 June 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
23 May 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 May 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Campbell's Covered Bridge: 4 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Clark-Tyger Sand Mine	Sand	Unknown	Sedimentary
Mills Herren Prospect	Iron	Prospect
Stanley Adkins Prospect	Iron	Occurrence
Briggs Prospect	Gold	Unknown	Vein
Briggs Prospect	Gold	Prospect
Cureton Mine	Gold	Past Producer	1908
Mcbee Placer	Gold	Past Producer
Wild Cat Mine	Gold	Past Producer
Wolf & Tyger Placer	Gold	Unknown	Placer
Wolf and Tyger Placer	Gold	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Greenville County

Storms near this property

14 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gowensville, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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
October 2017	Tornado (EF1)	Gowensville	$50,000	NWS storm survey found an area of tornado damage in the Lake Lanier area in extreme norteast Greenville County. Tornado impacted the Lake Lanier area. The tornado initially touched down about a half mile south of the lake, blowing down numerous trees, causing mostly minor structural damage to homes and damaging multiple outbuildings, although one home did have a large part of its roof removed. Some trees fell on structures and vehicles. The tornado moved almost due north to the lake, with additional damage noted on both shores. No further damage was found north of the lake in South Carolina.
October 2014	Tornado (EF0)	Gowensville	$1,000	NWS Storm Survey team found the short path of a weak tornado near Gowensville. The tornado touched down near the intersection of Highway 11 and Tugaloo Rd and moved quickly northeast, blowing down numerous trees and blowing the roof off a shed on Good Rd, where the tornado lifted.
August 2017	Flash Flood	Gowensville	$500	NWS employee reported flash flooding developed after 2.5 to over 4 inches of rain fell over the Gowensville and Blue Ridge areas in just a few hours. Campbell Creek overflowed its banks and flooded portions of Tugaloo Rd and Stone Cottage Ln. A tributary of the Middle Tyger River also flooded a portion of Lister Rd.
April 2025	Hail	Gowensville	-	Public reported 3/4 inch hail near the intersection of Highways 14 and 414.
May 2025	Hail	Gowensville	-	CoCoRahs observer reported quarter size Hail Just SSE of Gowensville.
May 2022	Hail	Gowensville	-	Public reported nickel to quarter sized hail near Gowensville.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Gowensville	-	Highway patrol and public reported multiple trees blown down near Oak Grove Rd and the Pacolet River.
June 2013	Hail	Gowensville	-	Penny size hail was reported on highway 14 near highway 414.
September 2013	Hail	Gowensville	-	Dime to nickel size hail was reported in the Gowensville community.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Gowensville	-	A tree and several large limbs were blown down in the Gowensville community.
March 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Gowensville	-	Multiple tree limbs were blown down west of Gowensville.
July 2008	Hail	Gowensville	-	Hail reported on Pink Campbell Rd.
May 2011	Hail	Gowensville	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Gowensville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greenville 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

3 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Earle-Morgan Cabin at Clark's Mountain	6.7 miles	2025
Poinsett Bridge	7.5 miles	1970
Gilreath's Mill	7.8 miles	1976

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 09000483 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Greenville County	All 97 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.
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.