Folly Field, South Carolina
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Hilton Head Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29928. The Survey maps it on the Hilton Head quadrangle.
On record in Folly Field
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
St. Luke's Parish Zion Chapel of Ease Cemeterylisted 2017 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1920 USGS Hilton Head quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Hilton Head quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Hilton Head quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Beaufort quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Folly Field between 1992 and 2011, burning about 142 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge | BULL NO1 |
| 23 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 June 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 May 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 May 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Folly Field: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zirconium, Titanium, Thorium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Zirconium, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gumtree Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hilton Head Island | Zirconium, Titanium, Thorium | Unknown | Placer-Modern-Fluvial | |
| Hilton Head Island Deposit | REE, Zirconium, Titanium | Past Producer | 1879 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Folly Field in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2022 | Lightning | Folly Field | 1 hurt | Beaufort County Emergency Management reported that a woman was struck by lightning on the beach at Hilton Head near Palmetto Dunes. The woman was struck on the shoulder with distinct entrance and exit wounds. The woman stopped breathing but was successfully revived with CPR. Three people standing approximately 15 feet away from the victim observed their hair stand on end before the strike and were knocked to the ground by the jolt, but uninjured. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Folly Field | $500 | Law Enforcement reported that one lane of Folly Field Road was closed due to water on the roadway on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grasslawn Beach | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Wood Lake | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Bram Landing | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Port Royal Plantation | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Palmetto Dunes | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Indigo Run | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Shelter Cove | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Palmetto Hall Plantation | 2.3 miles | 17 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122598653 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231288. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.








