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Oak Grove

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

From the record

“Oak Grove, also known as Richardson Place, is a historic home located near Brunson, Hampton County, South Carolina. It was built in 1852, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style clapboard dwelling on a raised basement.”

Wikipedia article Oak Grove (Hampton County, South Carolina), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 16 National Register listings published here for Hampton County · listed in 1976 · 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

  • Address. SW of Brunson, Brunson, 29827
  • When was it listed? July 1976
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Brunson
  • National Register reference number. 76001704 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

231 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 913 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 47 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 burning93
Missing data/not specified/undetermined59
Arson/incendiarism47
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural10
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
3 September 2018Natural1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Hampton County

Storms near this property

23 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brunson, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
March 2008Thunderstorm WindBrunson$3,000The tops of three pine trees were blown off 5 miles northwest of Crocketville, South Carolina. Several large trees were also blown down within 1 mile of this location.
July 2013Flash FloodBrunson$2,000Several road closures were reported closed due to flash flooding.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindBrunson$2,000A trained weather spotter reported three downed trees and numerous downed tree limbs on Prince Williams Road in Brunson, South Carolina.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBrunson$1,250Law enforcement reported power lines down in Brunson.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindBrunson$1,000A Hampton County 911 Call Center reported a tree down and blocking both lanes near the intersection of Augusta Highway and Railroad Avenue.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBrunson$1,000The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported one tree down in Brunson, SC.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBrunson$1,000The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Joe Miley Road.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindBrunson$1,000The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Tinker Town Road near Highway 278.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBrunson$1,000Tree down in Brunson.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindBrunson$500Law Enforcement reported 1 tree down on Broad Road, 1 mile North Northeast of Brunson.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindBrunson$500The Hampton County Warning Point received a report of high winds lifting a trampoline up 100 feet off the ground off of Joe Miley Road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindBrunson-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Joe Miley Road and Pond Town Road.
December 2021HailBrunson-A social media report indicated penny size hail in Brunson, South Carolina.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindBrunson-The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down along Williams Street.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindBrunson-The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported multiple trees down in Brunson.
July 2009HailBrunson-The public reported golf ball size hail in Brunson, South Carolina.
February 2005HailBrunson-Hail the size of golf balls severely dented at least one car.
September 2004Tornado (F0)Brunson-A tornado knocked down trees in the county before crossing into Allendale county.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindBrunson-Trees down.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindBrunson-Large Tree down on Jerry Street.
May 2006HailBrunson-no account filed
May 2003HailBrunson-no account filed
May 1998HailBrunson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hampton 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

6 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
Gifford Rosenwald School3.7 miles2017
Hampton Colored School6.5 miles1991
American Legion Hut6.5 miles2000
Hampton County Jail7.0 miles2011
Palmetto Theatre7.1 miles2012
Bank of Hampton7.1 miles2001

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 76001704 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Hampton CountyAll 16 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.
  • 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.