Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
“Selkirk Farm, also known as the Reverend James A. Cousar House, is a historic home located near Bingham, Dillon County, South Carolina.”
Wikipedia article Selkirk Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 20 National Register listings published here for Dillon County · listed in 1974 · 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 141 fires within 5 miles of Selkirk Farm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,105 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 26 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 | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 180 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bingham, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | $1,000 | A tree was reported in the roadway along Fire Tower Rd. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Bingham | - | A trained spotter reported penny size hail. |
| March 2002 | Hail | Bingham | - | Sherriff's office reported dime size hail. |
| September 2000 | Hail | Bingham | - | Sheriff deputy reported quarter size hail. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Bingham | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Allen House | 3.9 miles | 1974 | |
| Alpheus Victor and Martha Cooper Bethea Farmstead | 4.5 miles | 2024 | |
 | James W. Hamer House | 5.3 miles | 2007 |
 | St. Paul's Methodist Church | 5.8 miles | 1977 |
 | Catfish Creek Baptist Church | 7.1 miles | 1975 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 74001847 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Dillon County | All 20 listed properties in this county. |
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