Fort McAllister

Built in 1970. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

From the record

“Fort McAllister State Park is a 1,725-acre (698 ha) Georgia state park located near Keller and Richmond Hill in south Bryan County, Georgia and on the south bank of the Ogeechee River. It is roughly ten miles south of Savannah.”
Wikipedia article Fort McAllister Historic State Park, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Bryan County · listed in 1970 · category: Site · built in 1970.

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

The listing

Address. 10 mi. E of Richmond Hill via GA 67, Richmond Hill, 31324
When was it listed? May 1970
Category. site
Census division. Richmond Hill
When was it built? 1970
National Register reference number. 70000197 - 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Fort McAllister between 1992 and 2020, burning about 513 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 22 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	31
Arson/incendiarism	22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Natural	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Equipment and vehicle use	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 1993	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 1998	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
27 August 1998	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
27 August 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
25 August 1993	Debris and open burning	17 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 2016	Debris and open burning	1.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-CHATHAM-003

Every fire recorded in Bryan County

Storms near this property

60 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richmond Hill, the town this property stands in, in 64 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 31 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 10 flash flood, 3 tornado. 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
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	$10,000	Broadcast media relayed a report of a gas station canopy that was damaged along Interstate 95 at exit 87 in Richmond Hill, Georgia.
September 2007	Flash Flood	Richmond Hill	$10,000	Law enforcement officials reported that numerous roads were closed due to high water in the Richmond Hill area of Bryan County. In addition, water was also reported to be entering several homes in subdivisions around the Richmond Hill area.
September 2007	Flash Flood	Richmond Hill	$10,000	It was reported that water was starting to rise into housing units in the Belfast Siding area of Richmond Hill.
September 2007	Flash Flood	Richmond Hill	$6,000	The Bryan County Warning Point reported numerous road closures across the county...especially in and around Richmond Hill. Several cars have been stalled and stranded due to the flash flooding.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	$5,000	Trees and powerlines down off Highway 17 near Richmond Hill.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	$5,000	Several large trees and power poles were downed by thunderstorm winds. Two homes in the Richmond Heights community were damaged by falling trees.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	$3,000	Law Enforcement reported trees down near Highway 144 near the Buckhead subdivision in Richmond Hill, Georgia.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	$2,000	Law enforcement reported trees down along highway 144 near Richmond Hill, Georgia.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	$2,000	The public reported trees down on power lines along Harris Trail Road near the Richmond Hill High School. Report received via twitter.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked several large tree limbs, knocking out a power substation.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	$1,000	The Bryan County 911 Call Center reported one tree down along Highway 17 near the city limits of Richmond Hill, Georgia.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	$1,000	The public reported 1 tree down on Highway 144 between Highway 17 and Interstate 95.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds produced a 65 mph wind gust at the McAllister Marina. The winds knocked down tree limbs and blew lawn furniture around.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	$500	The Public reported a pine tree down in Richmond Hill, Georgia.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	-	Broadcast media shared photos of numerous large tree branches and one flag pole blown down in the Piercefield neighborhood of Richmond Hill, Georgia.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	-	Broadcast media relayed a picture via social media showing the top of a large oak tree snapped off in the backyard of a home along Harris Trail Road.
August 2025	Flash Flood	Richmond Hill	-	A member of the public relayed that floodwaters entered their home and garage along Miner Drive.
August 2025	Flash Flood	Richmond Hill	-	A member of the public reported Reese Drive impassable due to floodwaters across the roadway, extensive yard flooding and water entering the kitchen of their home.
April 2023	Hail	Richmond Hill	-	A resident in the 70 block of Gentry Way reported golf ball sized hail.
April 2023	Hail	Richmond Hill	-	The public reported tennis ball size hail in Richmond Hill.
April 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	-	Pictures relayed via social media indicated multiple trees down along Timber Trail.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	-	The Bryan County 911 Call Center reported a tree down in Richmond Hill.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	-	A 911 call center reported numerous trees down in the Richmond Hill area.
February 2021	Hail	Richmond Hill	-	Multiple reports of varying size hail and images via social media indicated 1 inch diameter hail in Richmond Hill, GA.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	-	The Bryan County 911 Call Center reported two trees down in Richmond Hill. One small tree fell on a car in the Richmond Hill Library parking lot. The second tree was uprooted in the White Oak Village subdivision.
January 2017	Hail	Richmond Hill	-	A trained spotter reported penny sized hail and 30 mph wind gusts in Richmond Hill.
May 2017	Hail	Richmond Hill	-	A social media user relayed photographs of hail of to 1 inch in diameter near the intersection of Port Royal Road and Harris Trail in Richmond Hill.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	-	A social media user relayed a report of roof shingle damage and small tree limbs blown down.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	-	A trained spotter reported 60 mph wind gusts with a passing thunderstorm.
April 2017	Hail	Richmond Hill	-	A trained spotter reported quarter size hail near Richmond Hill, GA.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	-	Law enforcement reported a tree down on a house on Egret Circle.
February 2013	Hail	Richmond Hill	-	Broadcast media reported penny size hail.
August 2012	Hail	Richmond Hill	-	A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail in Richmond Hill near the intersection of Highway 17 and Highway 144.
May 2011	Hail	Richmond Hill	-	Broadcast media relayed a report of penny to nickel size hail in Richmond Hill, Georgia.
May 2011	Hail	Richmond Hill	-	The Public reported quarter size hail in Richmond Hill, Georgia.
May 2011	Hail	Richmond Hill	-	A Fire Department official reported penny size hail, 1 mile south of Richmond Hill, Georgia.
July 2010	Hail	Richmond Hill	-	Law enforcement reported half dollar size hail in Richmond Hill, Georgia.
June 2010	Hail	Richmond Hill	-	The public reported 1 inch hail along Highway 17.
May 2009	Hail	Richmond Hill	-	The Bryan county emergency manager relayed a report from law enforcement of nickel size hail on interstate 95 near Richmond Hill, Georgia.
May 2009	Hail	Richmond Hill	-	The public reported penny size hail in Richmond Hill, Georgia.
June 2008	Hail	Richmond Hill	-	Nickel to quarter size hail was reported in Richmond Hill, Georgia.
June 2008	Hail	Richmond Hill	-	Law enforcement reported quarter size hail on Fort McAllister Road, in Richmond Hill, South Carolina.
September 2007	Flash Flood	Richmond Hill	-	The Bryan County Warning Point reported that several roads were still closed and under water due to heavy rainfall across the county.
September 2007	Flash Flood	Richmond Hill	-	It was reported that Miner Drive was closed and blocked off in the Mulberry subdivision. Numerous streets were also reported to be closed on Main Street.
September 2007	Flash Flood	Richmond Hill	-	The Bryan County Warning Point reported that 10 roads were closed across the county due to flooding associated with heavy rainfall.
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
October 2005	Flash Flood	Richmond Hill	-	Heavy rainfall associated with Tropical Storm Tammy flooded Russian Street near the intersection with Highway 144.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	-	Trees down at Waterford Landing.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	-	Trees down on Interstate 95 northbound at mile marker 85.
September 2004	Tornado (F0)	Richmond Hill	-	A weak tornado knocked down trees and power lines.
April 2003	Flash Flood	Richmond Hill	-	Flooding occurred along Highway 144. The road became impassable for a while.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	-	Several trees and large limbs were down.
April 1998	Tornado (F1)	Richmond Hill	-	Several trees uprooted or snapped off as F1 ended cycle of destruction from the parent thunderstorm that moved from Long County through Liberty to the western edge of Bryan.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	-	Trees and powerlines down.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	-	Trees down.
November 1995	Tornado (F0)	Richmond Hill	-	Tornado was observed on the ground by a guard. No significant damage occurred.
March 2003	Hail	Richmond Hill	-	no account filed
March 2001	Hail	Richmond Hill	-	no account filed
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond Hill	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	Richmond Hill	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bryan 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

5 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
Strathy Hall	3.4 miles	1979
Bryan Neck Presbyterian Church	5.2 miles	2000
Richmond Hill Plantation	5.3 miles	1978
Kilkenny	7.1 miles	1979
Community House	7.4 miles	2024

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 70000197 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Bryan County	All 9 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.