BlockFrom the record
One of 12 National Register listings published here for Colleton County · listed in 2025 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Ruffin High and Elementary School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025.
The listing
- Address. 155 Patriot Lane, Ruffin, 29475
- When was it listed? January 2025
- Category. district
- Census division. Walterboro
- National Register reference number. 100011263 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
307 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 307 fires within 5 miles of Ruffin High and Elementary School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,838 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 71 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 | 107 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 95 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 71 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Storms near this property
32 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ruffin, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Ruffin | 9 hurt, $200,000 | This Tornado overturned 3 mobile homes and shifted another 7 mobile homes off there foundations. It tore the skirting away from another mobile home, destroyed a storage shed, and snapped off or uprooted dozens of trees. A couple of trees fell on a house. A vehicle and an outbuilding were also damaged. There were 9 minor injuries. Winds with this Tornado were estimated to be 100 mph using the Enhanced Fujita Scale. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | $8,000 | Several trees were reported down and a shed was destroyed on the 13000 block of Mount Carmel Road near Highway 21 in Ruffin, South Carolina. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | $3,000 | Dispatch Center reported several trees down at on Highway 21 at Quarters Drive. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down all across the town of Ruffin, South Carolina. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | $2,000 | The public reported large trees down. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | $1,000 | A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down and blocking both lanes on the 100 Block of Tabor Road. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Tabor Road and Bell's Highway. |
| October 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | $1,000 | Law Enforcement reported 2 trees down in Ruffin, South Carolina. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | $1,000 | 2 trees down in Ruffin, reported by Williams Post Office. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | $750 | A Colleton County emergency manager reported a small tree down due to thunderstorm outflow near the intersection of Bells Highway and Tabor Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | $500 | South Carolina Department of Transportation reported a tree down on Mt. Carmel Road. |
| July 2013 | Heavy Rain | Ruffin | $500 | Highway Patrol reported a tree down at the intersection of Thomas Road and Bells Highway. Tree likely taken down due to heavy rain and wet soils. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | $500 | One tree was blown down along Pineridge Road near Ruffin, South Carolina. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | - | A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down along Hydrick Road near the intersection with Lowcountry Highway. |
| August 2025 | Flood | Ruffin | - | Emergency management reported a tree down near the intersection of Quarters Drive and Brookie Street due to heavy rainfall. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | - | A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down at the 1500 Block of Hydrick Road. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection with Southern Charm Road and Azalea Patch Road. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree in the roadway near the intersection of Thomas and Hydrick Road. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | - | The Department of Highways reported a tree down at the intersection of Mount Carmel Roda and Lightsey Way. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Ruffin | - | A trained spotter reported nickel size hail that fell for a few seconds. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Ruffin | - | Hail between Bells Crossroads and Sniders Crossroads. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | - | Trees were knocked down on power lines on Pine Grove Road and Claddy Farm Road. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several large trees, one of which fell on a trailer home. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | - | Large limbs and power lines were down. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | - | Trees down. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Ruffin | - | Hail reports ranging from nickel size to quarter size obseved. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Ruffin | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Ruffin | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruffin | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Ruffin | - | 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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Williams House | 3.3 miles | 1973 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100011263 in Record Group 79. |
| Colleton County | All 12 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.