Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
“The Old Sheldon Church Ruins is a historic site located in northern Beaufort County, South Carolina, approximately 17 miles (30 km) north of Beaufort in the Sheldon area.”
Wikipedia article Old Sheldon Church Ruins, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 62 National Register listings published here for Beaufort County · listed in 1970 · category: Site.
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 592 fires within 5 miles of Sheldon Church Ruins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,135 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 192 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 | 238 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 192 |
| Debris and open burning | 143 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gardens Corner, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardens Corner | $500 | Law enforcement reported a tree down near a home on Stroban Road, 2 miles east of Garden Corner, South Carolina. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardens Corner | $100 | Several 2 inch diameter tree limbs were reported down on Route 21. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardens Corner | - | The Beaufort County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Wash Farm Road and Trask Parkway. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardens Corner | - | The Beaufort County Warning Point reported a tree down on power lines at 64 Butler Farm Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardens Corner | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported two trees down along Highway 17 near the intersection with Trask Parkway. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardens Corner | - | Several trees and large limbs were down. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Gardens Corner | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | McLeod Farmstead | 7.0 miles | 1997 |
 | Old Brass | 7.4 miles | 1976 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 70000562 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Beaufort County | All 62 listed properties in this county. |
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