Built in 1861. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
“Fort Mitchel is an American Civil War fortification at 65 Skull Creek Drive in Hilton Head, South Carolina.”
Wikipedia article Fort Mitchell (South Carolina), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 62 National Register listings published here for Beaufort County · listed in 2017 · category: Structure · built in 1861.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Fort Mitchel between 1992 and 2017, burning about 316 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
| 16 August 2001 | Natural | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 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 |
| 28 May 2014 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge | CANDICE FIRE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fort Mitchel: 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Howell | 3.0 miles | 2011 | |
 | Cherry Hill School | 3.1 miles | 2012 |
 | St. Luke's Parish Zion Chapel of Ease Cemetery | 3.9 miles | 2017 |
 | Rear Lighthouse of Hilton Head Range Light Station | 5.4 miles | 1985 |
| Campbell Chapel AME Church | 6.8 miles | 2019 | |
 | Church of the Cross | 7.1 miles | 1975 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001036 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Beaufort County | All 62 listed properties in this county. |
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