Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
“Davis House is a historic house and national historic district located at Pelham, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.”
Wikipedia article James M. Davis House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 64 National Register listings published here for Spartanburg County · listed in 2010 · category: District.
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 56 fires within 5 miles of James M. Davis House between 1992 and 2019, burning about 293 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.6 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.8 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of James M. Davis House: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H L Shelton Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Pelham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Metamorphic |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pelham, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 | Hail | Pelham | $250,000 | Several homes along Abners Creek Rd were severely damaged by wind-driven hail. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelham | $10,000 | NWS employee reported trees blown down on Brockman McClimon Rd at Liberty Hill Rd in Greer. County comms reported other trees down on Gas Plant Rd and Bethlehem Church Rd in Moore and Roebuck, respectively. A tree was also down on a home on Betsy Ln in Woodruff. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelham | $5,000 | Highway Patrol reported at least a dozen trees blown down across the central part of Spartanburg County. Some screen porches were also damaged at the Pelham Medical Center in Greer. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelham | - | County comms reported many trees blown down across the western part of the county. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Pelham | - | Quarter size hail was reported near the GSP airport. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelham | - | A tree was blown down near mile marker 57 on I-85 and another was downed on Abner Creek Rd in the same area. Also, a gust of 51 mph was measured at GSP airport during this time. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelham | - | Several large trees were blown down. |
| September 2002 | Flash Flood | Pelham | - | Overflowing streams caused flooding of roads near the Enoree River. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Pelham | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelham | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Reidville Academy Faculty House | 6.3 miles | 1997 |
 | Hurricane Tavern | 7.2 miles | 2001 |
 | Apalache Mill | 7.3 miles | 2015 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 10000317 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Spartanburg County | All 64 listed properties in this county. |
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