Cypress Methodist Camp Ground

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“Cypress Methodist Camp Ground is a historic Methodist camp meeting in Ridgeville, Dorchester County, South Carolina. Cypress Camp Ground was functional as early as 1794, and an adjacent cemetery contains graves from the early 1800s.”
Wikipedia article Cypress Methodist Camp Ground, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 10 National Register listings published here for Dorchester County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.

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

The listing

Address. E of Ridgeville on SC 182, Ridgeville, 29472
When was it listed? April 1978
Category. building
Census division. Ridgeville
National Register reference number. 78002504 - 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

386 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 386 fires within 5 miles of Cypress Methodist Camp Ground between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,271 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 81 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	134
Debris and open burning	129
Arson/incendiarism	81
Misuse of fire by a minor	18
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Smoking	6
Natural	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
6 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	50 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2017	Debris and open burning	4.1 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Dorchester County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cypress Methodist Camp Ground: 3 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Reeves-Edisto	Sand	Unknown	Sedimentary
Reeves-Edisto	Sand	Unknown	Sedimentary
Dorchester Brick Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Kenyon Mine West	Clay	Unknown	Sedimentary
Kenyon Mine West	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Dorchester County

Storms near this property

56 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ridgeville, the town this property stands in, in 56 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 40 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
March 2008	Tornado (EF1)	Ridgeville	$218,000	An EF1 Tornado was confirmed by a storm survey conducted by the Charleston, South Carolina National Weather Service Office. The Tornado touched down north of Ridgeville, South Carolina at the Carters fast stop gas station, and traveled 2.2 miles before lifting. The maximum width of the tornado was determined to be 40 yards. Roof panels were stripped from the Canopy at the Carters fast stop gas station, two mobile homes were damaged with one shifted 5 feet off its foundation and another having its windows and doors blown out. Additionally, a car was moved approximately 50 feet. The estimated maximum sustained winds in this EF1 Tornado were estimated to be between 100 and 110 mph.
July 2019	Lightning	Ridgeville	$100,000	Lightning struck a building at Key West Boats in the 500 block of Ridgeville Road. The building was deemed a complete loss following the fire. Highway 27 and Ridgeville Road near the fire were both closed to all traffic.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	$60,000	Straight line wind damage was observed near the Jedburg, South Carolina exit off of I-26. Interviews revealed that large pine trees were down across the roadway. In addition over one hundred pine trees were snapped off along the trunk or completely uprooted. Wind speeds were estimated to be between 95 and 105 mph.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	$7,000	Law enforcement reported 1 tree down on North Main street. The limbs of the tree fell on a nearby shed and car.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	$1,500	Several 6 inch diameter trees were reported down in Ridgeville, SC.
March 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	$1,250	A power line was reported down at the 1200 block of Ridge Road.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	$1,000	One tree down on Delee Road.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	$1,000	SC Highway Patrol reports a tree down and in the roadway on Haven Road near Horseford Road.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	$1,000	Law enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Interstate 26 and Old Gilliard Road.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	$1,000	Law enforcement reported one tree down near the intersection of Carter Road and Doe Run Road.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	$1,000	Law enforcement reported one tree down near the intersection of Horseford Road and Ridge Road.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	$1,000	Law enforcement reported one tree down near the intersection of Cummings Chapel Road and Harrell Road.
November 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	$1,000	Tree down.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	$500	A state official reported one tree down on Horseford Road.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	$500	Broadcast media relayed a report of a tree down in Ridgeville, South Carolina.
January 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	Dorchester County Emergency Management reported a tree down along Carter Road near the entrance of the Carolina Bay neighborhood.
January 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	Dorchester County Emergency Management reported a tree down near the intersection of Horseford Road and Haven Road.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	The Dorchester County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Campbell Thicket Road and South Railroad Avenue.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	A Dorchester County emergency manager reported trees down and blocking the roadway on Snipes Lane near the intersection with Givhans Road.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	A Dorchester County emergency manager reported a tree down and blocking the roadway in the 200 block of School Street.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Mill Street and Carter Road.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of U.S. Highway 78 and Water Wheel Road.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Interstate 26 at mile marker 178 east bound.
April 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Ridge Road near Haven Road.
April 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Campbell Thickett Road near Highway 78.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Wire Road near the Showa Denko Plant.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	The public reported several large trees down along portions of West Meadow Drive.
October 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	An emergency manager reported a tree down on Highway 78 near the intersection with Myers Mayo Road.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	A trained spotter reported several large tree limbs down near Cummings Chapel.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	Law enforcement reported a tree down on Highway 78.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	The Dorchester County 911 Call Center reported a tree on a power line along Ridgeville Road.
May 2012	Hail	Ridgeville	-	Dorchester County 911 relayed a report from a firefighter of dime to quarter size hail and gusty winds.
September 2008	Flash Flood	Ridgeville	-	Law Enforcement reported River Birch Lane flooded and impassable in Ridgeville, South Carolina.
July 2008	Hail	Ridgeville	-	Dime to penny size hail was reported by the public on Ridgeville Road near Ridgeville, South Carolina.
June 2008	Hail	Ridgeville	-	The public reported quarter size hail in Ridgeville, South Carolina.
June 2008	Hail	Ridgeville	-	The public reported golf ball size hail in Ridgeville, South Carolina.
June 2008	Hail	Ridgeville	-	A trained weather spotter reported quarter size hail in Ridgeville, South Carolina.
May 2008	Hail	Ridgeville	-	The public reported 1.5 inch diameter hail near the community of Badham, South Carolina in Dorchester County.
September 2007	Hail	Ridgeville	-	Nickel size hail was reported around Ridgeville.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and large limbs.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down.
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked down power lines.
September 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs, several of which knocked down power lines.
May 2002	Tornado (F0)	Ridgeville	-	Brief tornado touch down in a wooded area several small trees were pushed over and some small limbs were twisted off.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	Several trees, limbs, and power lines were down.
March 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	Several trees and large limbs down.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	Numerous trees down across the county.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	Trees and power lines down.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	Trees and large limbs down.
October 2003	Hail	Ridgeville	-	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Ridgeville	-	no account filed
April 1999	Hail	Ridgeville	-	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Ridgeville	-	no account filed
July 1997	Hail	Ridgeville	-	no account filed
May 1995	Hail	Ridgeville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dorchester 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 78002504 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dorchester County	All 10 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.