Barber Quarters, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Okeechobee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34972. The Survey maps it on the Taylor Creek SE quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 35 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Barber Quarters
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.
First Methodist Episcopal Church, Southlisted 2015 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1953 USGS Taylor Creek SE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
383 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 383 fires within 5 miles of Barber Quarters between 1992 and 2020, burning about 812 acres in total. 64 started naturally. 27 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 80 |
| Natural | 64 |
| Debris and open burning | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SMOKE HOUSE (47) |
| 4 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2009 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (OK) ORLANDO FIRE (710) |
| 24 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-16-1280 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okeechobee | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Cypress Quarters | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Whispering Pines | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Basswood Estates | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Taylor Creek | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Sherman | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Mildred | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Dixie Ranch Acres | 6.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278097. 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.






