Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
“Zante Plantation was a historic plantation house located near Fort Motte, Calhoun County, South Carolina. It was built about 1815, and is a frame structure with Federal details.”
Wikipedia article Zante Plantation, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 14 National Register listings published here for Calhoun County · listed in 1976 · 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 81 fires within 5 miles of Zante Plantation between 1992 and 2018, burning about 371 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Zante Plantation: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Thorium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congaree River (Sample 1) | Iron, Titanium, Thorium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial | |
| Congaree River (Sample 2) | Iron, Titanium, Thorium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Oakland Plantation | 2.2 miles | 1975 |
 | Midway Plantation | 3.8 miles | 1976 |
| Cherokee Path, Sterling Land Grant | 6.3 miles | 1976 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76001695 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Calhoun County | All 14 listed properties in this county. |
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