Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
“Davis Plantation is a historic plantation house located near Monticello, Fairfield County, South Carolina.”
Wikipedia article Davis Plantation (Monticello, South Carolina), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 44 National Register listings published here for Fairfield County · listed in 1971 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Davis Plantation between 1992 and 2020, burning about 509 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 6 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 | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.4 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | FS400 |
| 26 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.4 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | ROCKEY BRANCH |
| 1 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Davis Plantation: 5 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Dimension, Granite, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job 126 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Monticello Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1975, 1978 | |
| Number 126 Quarry | Granite | Unknown | Igneous | |
| Anderson Quarry | Granite, Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | 1898 | |
| Dickert Quarry | Granite, Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | 1908 | |
| Unnamed Dimension Stone | Granite, Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Igneous Intrusion |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monticello, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $10,000 | EM reported many trees down in the western part of Fairfield county. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $6,000 | Fairfield Electric reported power outages on Hwy 213 from trees down on powerlines. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Monticello | $5,000 | Public reported nickel to quarter size hail and strong winds near Monticello in western Fairfield County. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $4,000 | DOT reported several trees down along Hwy SC215 in western Fairfield County. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Monticello | - | A National Weather Service storm survey team confirmed a brief EF-0 tornado with peak winds of 80 mph in Northwestern Fairfield County during the early morning hours of May 9th. The tornado likely began in a wooded area northwest of Clark Bridge Road.|It then crossed the road while moving southeast resulting in multiple downed or snapped trees in and around properties in the 3900 block of Clark Bridge Road. The tornado then likely lifted a short distance beyond Clark Bridge Road in the woods |behind the impacted properties shortly before reaching Crumpton Creek. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | Fairfield County dispatch reports a tree down along Hwy. 215 at Meadow Lake Road. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | Trees on power lines along Baltic Cir north of Jenkinsville. Time estimated. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Monticello | - | Public reported nickel size hail. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | DOT reported a few trees down on secondary roads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Monticello Store and Post Office | 1.9 miles | 1984 |
 | Monticello Methodist Church | 2.1 miles | 1984 |
 | Fonti Flora Plantation | 2.4 miles | 1979 |
 | Ebenezer Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church | 5.1 miles | 1971 |
 | Little River Baptist Church | 5.2 miles | 1972 |
 | Kincaid-Anderson House | 5.8 miles | 1974 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 71000776 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Fairfield County | All 44 listed properties in this county. |
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