Barrington, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Warner Robins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31088. The Survey maps it on the Warner Robins SW quadrangle.

Barrington within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1956 USGS Warner Robins quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1973 USGS Warner Robins SW quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

416 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 416 fires within 5 miles of Barrington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 978 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 55 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	186
Misuse of fire by a minor	82
Arson/incendiarism	55
Equipment and vehicle use	34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Smoking	16
Recreation and ceremony	15
Natural	11
Railroad operations and maintenance	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 1997	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2017	Debris and open burning	26 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018-PEACH-001
4 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1994	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Storms near this place

8 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barrington in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Barrington	$300,000	The Houston County 911 Center reported that an apparent downburst had resulted in several dozen downed trees, power lines, and structural damage in the Centerville area. Much of the damage was concentrated in the Sentry Oaks Neighborhood, where more than a dozen trees were down, some resulting in damage to homes. A portion of Interstate-75 had to be closed until downed trees blocking the lanes could be cleared. In addition, a business in Centerville, adjacent to the Galleria Mall, sustained moderate structural damage, including several blown out windows as well as damage to siding and awnings. A number of trees were also blown down further east near and east of Warner Robins toward the Twiggs county line.
August 2013	Lightning	Barrington	$30,000	The Houston County Emergency Manager reported a lightning strike to a house on Halindon Drive. Minor damage occurred from the resulting fire.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Barrington	$10,000	The Houston County 911 Center reported numerous trees and power lines down across northern Houston County in the Warner Robins area.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Barrington	$3,000	The Houston County 911 center reported a few trees blown down near the intersection of Loxley Drive and Penny Lane.
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Barrington	$2,000	Powerlines down across the road at the 100 block of Covey Drive.
March 2026	Tornado (EF1)	Barrington	-	This tornado continued briefly from Peach County crossing Hwy 41 just north of GA Hwy 96 East (county line). Most of the remaining damage was just a few trees snapped or uprooted but indicative of low-end EF1 damage.\|\|The tornado continued east along Hwy 96 snapping and uprooting trees along the north side of the highway. The tornado crossed Brantley ridge snapping a few trees and began to weaken as it continued east finally lifting before it reached Lake Joy Road.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Barrington	-	Emergency manager reported a tree on a house along Welney Circle.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Barrington	-	An estimated 60 mph wind was captured via handheld Kestral wind meter.

Every storm recorded in Houston County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Quail Meadow	0.3 miles	12
Dove Cove	0.5 miles	12
Pine Forest	0.9 miles	12
Hidden Oaks	0.9 miles	12
Quail Run	1.1 miles	12
Quail Run North	1.1 miles	12
Robins Forest West	1.5 miles	12
Tharpe (historical)	1.5 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1671618. 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.

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.