Latta Historic District No. 1

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

“Latta Historic District No. 1 is a national historic district located at Latta, Dillon County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 47 contributing buildings in a primarily residential section of Latta.”
Wikipedia article Latta Historic District No. 1, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 20 National Register listings published here for Dillon County · listed in 1984 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. Church, Marion, Bethea, Rice, Dew, Mauldin, and Main Sts., Latta, 29565
When was it listed? May 1984
Category. district
Also known as. Latta MRA
Census division. Latta
National Register reference number. 84002038 - 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

244 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Latta Historic District No. 1 between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,426 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 49 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	90
Debris and open burning	54
Arson/incendiarism	49
Equipment and vehicle use	22
Natural	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Smoking	6
Recreation and ceremony	4
Fireworks	1
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 2005	Misuse of fire by a minor	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1997	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2007	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2001	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Dillon County

Storms near this property

34 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Latta, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 20 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Latta	1 hurt, $100,000	no account filed
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Latta	1 hurt, $45,000	A large oak tree fell onto a house on Bethea St. and crashed through the roof. The family was in the home at the time. A 4 year old child suffered head injuries and was hospitalized. The fallen tree resulted in significant structural damage. A nearby vehicle was severely damaged and a power line was also reported down. Hail of unknown size was also reported.
October 2016	Flash Flood	Latta	$1,000,000	Portions of U.S. 501 were impassable due to flood waters and the road was closed between Latta and Highway 9. Adjacent roadways and structures were impacted by the flood waters. The time was estimated.
March 2008	Tornado (EF0)	Latta	$50,000	A National Weather Service Storm Survey concluded an EF0 tornado with maximum winds of 75 mph developed near the intersection of U.S. Highway 301 and 501 around 548 pm EDT. The tornado moved east, passing just south of downtown Latta before lifting near Johnson Road around 550 pm EDT. The most extreme damage observed occurred near Willis Street where a large tree fell on a home. Numerous other trees were also down or damaged. Six homes sustained minor damage. Damage to one trailer was classifed as major. The maximum damage width was 75 yards. The path length was 1.36 miles. Dillon County officials estimated the damage totaled $50,000 dollars.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Latta	$20,000	The roofs of several homes were damaged.
March 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Latta	$10,000	STRONG WINDS DAMAGED HOUSES AND DOWNED TREES, MAINLY BETWEEN LATTA AND LAKE VIEW.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Latta	$5,000	Trees were reported down on Gum Swamp Road.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Latta	$5,000	Power outage.,,,,,,,,
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Latta	$5,000	no account filed
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Latta	$4,000	Downburst wind from a thunderstorm hit Watson Trailer Park. Two manufactured homes were pushed off their foundations, and two others lost underpinnings.
May 2011	Hail	Latta	$3,000	Hail to the size of golf balls was reported. The time was estimated based on radar data.
May 2011	Hail	Latta	$2,000	Hail a little larger than half dollars was reported on South Marion Street. The hail reportedly lasted for 5 minutes.
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Latta	$1,000	Tree down on West Main St in Latta.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Latta	$1,000	A tree was reported down at the intersection of Carter Rd. and Jade Ct.
January 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Latta	$1,000	A tree was reported down on Highway 917 near Latta. The time was estimated based on radar data.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Latta	$1,000	A large tree was uprooted near the United Methodist Church on Bethea Street. The time was estimated based on radar data.
May 2011	Hail	Latta	$1,000	Hail to the size of quarters was reported. Wind speeds were estimated to 50 mph.
May 2011	Hail	Latta	$1,000	Hail to the size of quarters was reported. The time was estimated based on radar data.
June 2000	Lightning	Latta	$1,000	Lightning hit the Cumulus Broadcasting Station's tower, causing a power surge that knock out the signal.
April 2017	Hail	Latta	$750	A brief period of quarter size hail was reported. The time was estimated based on radar data.
January 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Latta	-	A Bradford Pear tree with about a 20-inch trunk fell near Highway 917.
May 2020	Hail	Latta	-	Hail was reported in Latta.
April 2008	Flood	Latta	-	Recent heavy rains caused the Reedy Creek to flood, making Bethel Road impassible due to standing water.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Latta	-	Public reported trees down across the road.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Latta	-	The fire department reported numerous trees down in and near Latta. A National Weather Service Storm Survey concluded that downed trees south and west of the tornado track were mainly the result of straight-line winds.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Latta	-	Trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Latta	-	The public reported trees down.
April 2000	Hail	Latta	-	Law enforcement reported 1 inch hail in Latta.
November 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Latta	-	Trees and power lines down.
January 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Latta	-	Wind and trees down in Latta.
May 1996	Hail	Latta	-	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	Latta	-	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	Latta	-	no account filed
September 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Latta	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dillon 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Latta Downtown Historic District	0.3 miles	1998
Latta Historic District No. 2	0.3 miles	1984
McMillan House	0.3 miles	1984
Latimer High and Elementary School (Additional Documentation)	0.8 miles	2024
Catfish Creek Baptist Church	3.7 miles	1975
Early Cotton Press	4.9 miles	1972

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 84002038 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.

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.