Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
“Fort Howell is an earthworks fort built in 1864 during the American Civil War, located on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. It was named in honor of Union Army Brigadier General Joshua B.”
Wikipedia article Fort Howell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 62 National Register listings published here for Beaufort County · listed in 2011 · category: Structure.
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 35 fires within 5 miles of Fort Howell between 1992 and 2019, burning about 282 acres in total. 3 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 | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 21 June 2019 | Natural | 20 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 Howell: 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 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hilton Head Island, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports in 1995: 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Tornado (F1) | Hilton Head Island | $500,000 | no account filed |
| January 1995 | Hail | Hilton Head Island | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Cherry Hill School | 0.2 miles | 2012 |
 | St. Luke's Parish Zion Chapel of Ease Cemetery | 2.2 miles | 2017 |
| Fort Mitchel | 3.0 miles | 2017 | |
 | Rear Lighthouse of Hilton Head Range Light Station | 5.4 miles | 1985 |
 | Fort Fremont Battery | 5.9 miles | 2010 |
 | Fort Fremont Hospital | 6.0 miles | 1989 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 11000371 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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