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One of 29 National Register listings published here for Florence County · listed in 2022 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
P.D. Cockfield House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.
The listing
- Listed as. Cockfield, P.D., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 125 Valley St., Lake City, 29560
- When was it listed? January 2022
- Category. building
- Census division. Lake City-Scranton
- National Register reference number. 100007306 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
563 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 563 fires within 5 miles of P.D. Cockfield House between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,152 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 180 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 | 181 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 180 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 139 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Storms near this property
43 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake City, the town this property stands in, in 43 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 20 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 4 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1994 | Tornado (F1) | Lake City | 11 hurt, $500,000 | A tornado, described as a big white twisting cloud, picked up two mobile homes, twisted them in the air and tore them apart; six other mobile homes were damaged. Three girls who saw the approaching tornado vacated one of the mobile homes before it was picked up and destroyed; a woman was thrown out of another mobile home and seriously injured. Three homes, six cars, and two businesses were damaged, also power lines and trees were downed, and eleven people (eight treated at local hospital and released) received minor injuries. The roof was blown off a lumber company's Show Room. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Lake City | $200,000 | Heavy rains from the remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston totaled around 6 inches in a few hours, causing flooding...especially in the Lake City and city of Darlington areas. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | $100,000 | A roof was blown off a store. A large billboard was torn apart. Wooden bleachers were destroyed, with trees down of various sizes. Both a Hardees and a Dominos sign were blown apart. Damage occurred along US Hwy 378. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | $75,000 | A large tree was blown down on a house on Dansing St. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | $70,000 | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Lake City | $20,000 | A tornado destoyed a barn and snapped trees. A house sustained minor damage. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Lake City | $10,000 | Several roads have been barricaded in downtown Lake City, including Williamsburg Avenue, Charles Street at Blanding Street, Wilson Street, Winkys Drive at Liberty Drive, Singletary Avenue at East Main Street, and Wilbur Street. |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Lake City | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | $2,000 | A tree was reported down on a power line. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | $1,000 | A tree was down near the intersection of S Indiantown Rd. and Broadway Rd. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | $1,000 | A tree was reportedly down along Highway 52. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | $1,000 | Tree down across McCutcheon Road. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on Johnsonville Highway near McClam Road. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Lake City | $500 | Hail to the size of quarters was reported. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Lake City | - | Quarter to ping pong size hail in Lake City and Barrineau relayed by media. Time estimated by radar. . |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | Trees were blown down across power lines near the intersection of highway 341 and South Wallace St. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Lake City | - | A cooperative observer reported hail up to the size of quarters. Dead trees were also blown down. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Lake City | - | Nickel size hail was reported. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | Trees and power lines down. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Lake City | - | Penny size hail fell on Hwy 378. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Lake City | - | Penny size hail was reported. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Lake City | - | Hail reported on Hwy 378. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Lake City | - | Penny size hail fell. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Lake City | - | Penny size hail was reported by the South Lynches Fire department. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | Florence 911 reported a large tree down across Lake City Hwy. |
| June 2001 | Lightning | Lake City | - | Lightning struck an antenna tower, causing minor damage to the emergency dispatch system. The damage estimate is unknown. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | Law enforcement reported a large tree down across Wiley Rd. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | Fire department reported power lines down due to winds. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | Trees down. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Lake City | - | Hail covered the ground between Lake city and Scranton...reported by Florence County SO |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lake City | - | Along with hail, wind damaged wheat field near Lake City. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN LAKE CITY |
| January 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | no account filed |
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
4 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lake City Downtown Historic District | 0.3 miles | 2003 |
| Philip C. Heiden House | 0.4 miles | 2021 | |
 | W. T. Askins House | 0.5 miles | 1995 |
| Green's Funeral Home and Ambulance Service | 1.3 miles | 2025 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100007306 in Record Group 79. |
| Florence County | All 29 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.