Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
“Richardson House is a historic house at 67 Gillison Branch Road in Robertville, South Carolina. It is a two-story wood-frame house, built c. 1880.”
Wikipedia article J.C. Richardson House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 8 National Register listings published here for Jasper County · listed in 2014 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 330 fires within 5 miles of J.C. Richardson House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,383 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 66 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 | 120 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 103 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 66 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Robertville, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robertville | $1,000 | DOT reported a tree down on Clyo Road. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robertville | $500 | Law Enforcement reported a tree in the roadway at Robertville and Cotton Hill Roads. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robertville | $500 | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down at Highway 119 and Sand Hills Road. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robertville | - | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Highway 321 between Robertville and Highway 601. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robertville | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down on Stokes Bluff Road at the intersection with River Bluff Lane. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robertville | - | The Jasper County Warning Point reported a tree down near the intersection of Janie Lane and Pleasant Hill Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robertville | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Clyo Road near the intersection with Highway 119. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Robertville | - | Public reported penny sized hail at the Jasper County Recycling Center. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Robertville Baptist Church | 0.1 miles | 1972 |
 | Tillman School | 6.5 miles | 2016 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14000709 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Jasper County | All 8 listed properties in this county. |
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