Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
“Ravenwood Plantation is a historic rice plantation, built in 1850 near Neyles in Colleton County, South Carolina.”
Wikipedia article Ravenwood Plantation, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 12 National Register listings published here for Colleton County · listed in 1997 · category: Site.
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 331 fires within 5 miles of Ravenwood Plantation between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,134 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 54 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 | 133 |
| Debris and open burning | 127 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 1998 | Natural | 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 Ravenwood Plantation: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Walker Waterboro Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Pon Pon Chapel | 5.2 miles | 1972 |
 | St. James the Greater Catholic Mission | 6.0 miles | 2015 |
 | Walterboro Historic District | 6.2 miles | 1980 |
 | Walterboro Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 6.6 miles | 1993 |
 | Walterboro Library Society Building | 6.8 miles | 1971 |
 | Colleton County Courthouse | 7.0 miles | 1971 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 97000359 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Colleton County | All 12 listed properties in this county. |
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