Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
“Lawtonville Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located at Estill, Hampton County, South Carolina. It was built in 1911 and is a brick building with a complex pavilion roof.”
Wikipedia article Lawtonville Baptist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 16 National Register listings published here for Hampton County · listed in 2012 · 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 311 fires within 5 miles of Lawtonville Baptist Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 918 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 68 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 | 123 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 84 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 68 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Estill, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | $15,000 | The Hampton County warning point reported trees and powerlines were blown down throughout the city of Estill. Some streets impacted by fallen trees include 3rd Street...Wyman Blvd...Applebee Street and Morrison Avenue South. The entire city was without power. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | $5,000 | Law Enforcement reported trees down along Highway 601 in Estill, South Carolina. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | $5,000 | Power lines down near intersection of Highway 321 and 5th St. in Estill. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | $5,000 | Power outages. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | $4,000 | A trained weather spotter reported several trees of small to medium size down near Estill, South Carolina. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | $2,000 | Trees were reported down in Estill, South Carolina. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | $1,500 | A spotter reported a tree down on a power line .2 mile south of Estill. |
| October 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | $500 | Law enforcement reported 1 tree down on Highway 3 in Estill, South Carolina. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | $500 | One tree was reported down across a road in Estill, South Carolina. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | - | The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported multiple trees down along Highway 321 just outside of Estill. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | - | Hampton County dispatch reported several trees down west of Estill. This includes Harper Road, Orangeburg Road, Nixville Road, and Matthews Bluff. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Estill | - | The public reported baseball sized hail at the corner of 4th Street and Lawton Avenue in Estill. The report was relayed via pictures on social media. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Old Orangeburg Road near Goodwill Road. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | - | Law enforcement reported several trees blown down on roadways around Estill, including Lawton Avenue, Daily Road and Third Street. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | - | An emergency manager relayed a report of two large trees down on Lawton Avenue. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | - | Hampton County dispatch reported multiple trees down along Columbia Highway near Estill. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | - | The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported a large tree limb down at 3rd Street and Catherine Street. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Estill | - | Five roads in Estill were reported closed due to flash flooding. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees. Nickel size hail fell near Estill. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | - | Trees reported down on Hopewell Rd. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estill | - | Powerlines down. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Estill | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Estill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | John Lawton House | 0.2 miles | 2009 |
| Church of the Heavenly Rest | 5.2 miles | 2026 | |
 | Gifford Rosenwald School | 7.5 miles | 2017 |
 | Hampton County Courthouse | 7.7 miles | 1978 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 12000848 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Hampton County | All 16 listed properties in this county. |
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