Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
“Oak Island, also known as the William Seabrook, Jr. House, is a historic plantation house located at Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina.”
Wikipedia article Oak Island (South Carolina), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 227 National Register listings published here for Charleston County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
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 72 fires within 5 miles of Oak Island between 1992 and 2019, burning about 436 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 June 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Cassina Point | 0.2 miles | 1986 |
| Old House Plantation | 1.1 miles | 1971 | |
| Old House Plantation and Commissary (Boundary Increase) | 1.1 miles | 1987 | |
 | Hutchinson House | 1.7 miles | 1987 |
 | William Seabrook House | 1.8 miles | 1971 |
 | Edisto Island Baptist Church | 2.4 miles | 1982 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86003202 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Charleston County | All 227 listed properties in this county. |
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