Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
“The Jacob Bedenbaugh House is an historic home located near Prosperity, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was built about 1860, and is a two-story, frame I-house.”
Wikipedia article Jacob Bedenbaugh House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 37 National Register listings published here for Newberry County · listed in 2011 · 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 110 fires within 5 miles of Jacob Bedenbaugh House between 1992 and 2019, burning about 172 acres in total. 4 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 | 66 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Jacob Bedenbaugh House: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kyanite, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pyrophyllite, Kyanite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Mountain Kyn Occurrence | Pyrophyllite, Kyanite | Unknown | Pyrophyllite, Kyanite | |
| Little Mtn Deposit | Kyanite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Granite Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Metamorphic |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prosperity, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 3 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Prosperity | $70,000 | A supercell produced an F0 tornado that fell trees on a home severely damaging it. The twister also took down other trees along its path, some across railroad tracks and others across hwy 202 near I-20. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosperity | $35,000 | Sheriff reported numerous trees and powerlines down in Prosperity. One tree fell on a car and another on a home causing significant damage. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosperity | $5,000 | Sheriff reported a shed destroyed and large limbs on the highway. |
| November 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosperity | $4,000 | Public reported trees and powerlines down in Prosperity. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosperity | $3,000 | Sheriff reported trees dwon on McNeary St. near Arbor Knoll. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosperity | $1,000 | EM reported a tree down on powerlines in Prosperity. |
| January 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Prosperity | $1,000 | Tornado touched down in wooded area near Highways 202/434. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Prosperity | - | Newberry County EM reported secondary road closures in the town of Prosperity due to flash flooding. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosperity | - | Newberry County Dispatch reported trees down on Macedonia Church Road near Prosperity. Time estimated by radar. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosperity | - | Newberry dispatch reported a tree down on a powerline on Eureka street. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosperity | - | Numerous trees and power lines were downed in the town of Prosperity and vicinity, and railroad crossing arms were damaged. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Prosperity | - | SKYWARN spotter reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Prosperity | - | Riverwinds Landing Marina reported quater size hail. |
| March 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Prosperity | - | Storm survey found many trees down along a path from just southeast of Prosperity to a couple of miles northeast of Prosperity. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Prosperity | - | SKYWARN HAM radio spotter reported quarter size hail south of Prosperty near the Newberry county line. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Prosperity | - | Sheriff reported quarter size hail. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Prosperity | - | Roberts Express Mart reported penny size hail. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Prosperity | - | Penny size hail was reported by Lake Murray Rescue. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Prosperity | - | Post Office personnel reported one inch hail |
| April 2006 | Hail | Prosperity | - | SKYWARN spotter reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosperity | - | Sheriff reported trees down in Prosperity. |
| November 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosperity | - | SKYWARN spotter reported a couple of trees down on St. Luke road just west of Prosperity. |
| April 2003 | Flash Flood | Prosperity | - | Small streams spilled over their banks flooding country roads and low lying areas in and around Prosperity. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosperity | - | Sheriff reported several trees down in Prosperity. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Prosperity | - | Sheriff reported dime size hail. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosperity | - | Sheriff reported large limbs on powerlines. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosperity | - | Sheriff reported trees down. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Prosperity | - | COOP observer reported nickel size hail at Dreher Is. State Park. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosperity | - | Several trees were knocked down. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosperity | - | Limbs and large tree blown down. |
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosperity | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Folk-Holloway House | 3.9 miles | 1992 |
 | Hatton House | 3.9 miles | 1990 |
 | Little Mountain Historic District | 3.9 miles | 2003 |
 | Prosperity Cemetery | 4.0 miles | 2014 |
 | Howard Junior High School | 4.3 miles | 2006 |
 | Pomaria | 5.1 miles | 1979 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 11000732 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Newberry County | All 37 listed properties in this county. |
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