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Ellerbe's Mill

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

From the record

“Ellerbe's Mill, also known as Millvale, is a historic grist mill complex located near Rembert, Sumter County, South Carolina. The mill was built about 1830, and is a 2 1/2-story pine clapboard building mounted on wooden pilings situated on a 90-acre millpond.”

Wikipedia article Ellerbe's Mill, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 28 National Register listings published here for Sumter County · listed in 1974 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

Fires near this property

350 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 350 fires within 5 miles of Ellerbe's Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,659 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 33 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 burning167
Missing data/not specified/undetermined105
Arson/incendiarism33
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking8
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2002Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning40 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Natural2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ellerbe's Mill: 6 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Iron, Thorium, Titanium, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Becker Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Iron, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownTailings
HoratioIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Unidentified MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Becker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Becker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Camden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Camden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hagood Sand - Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Harvin Sand + Gravel MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
HoratioSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Sumter County

Storms near this property

15 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rembert, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2010Thunderstorm WindRembert$8,000Black River Electric reported trees and powerlines down from Rembert to Dalzell with many outages.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRembert$4,000Public reported trees down on McCleod and Pisgah Roads.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRembert$2,000Highway Patrol reported several trees down along US Hwy 521.
June 1998Tornado (F0)Rembert$2,000A strong F0 took down trees and powerlines. Minor damage was done to to two mobile homes and moderate damage was done to two sheds.
April 1995HailRembert$2,000no account filed
September 2019Thunderstorm WindRembert-SCHP reported a tree down, blocking the road on New Hope Church Rd at Harvest Rd. Time estimated.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindRembert-Public reported trees down in Rembert.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindRembert-DOT reported a few trees down in the Rembert area.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindRembert-SKYWARN spotter reported several trees and powerlines down in the Rembert area.
November 2003Thunderstorm WindRembert-Electric company reported a couple of trees and powerlines down.
February 2003Thunderstorm WindRembert-SKYWARN spotter KF4LPK reported trees down on hwy 521 near Rembert.
May 2003HailRembert-Sheriff reported nickel size hail.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindRembert-Utility company reported large limbs and powerlines down in Rembert.
March 2000Tornado (F0)Rembert-Spotter observed an F0 touch down on his property which took down some trees.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindRembert-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sumter County

Map coverage status

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.

Listed places nearby

4 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Magnolia Hall2.5 miles1999
Lenoir Store4.0 miles1997
Orange Grove5.6 miles1993
Stateburg Historic District7.0 miles1971

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 74001880 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sumter CountyAll 28 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.