Barkerville, South Carolina
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Yemassee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29916. The Survey maps it on the McPhersonville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1918 USGS Yemassee quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Yemassee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Mc Phersonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Walterboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
357 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 357 fires within 5 miles of Barkerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,814 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 106 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 | 109 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 106 |
| Debris and open burning | 102 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barkerville in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barkerville | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down on Salkehatchie Road near Interstate 95. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McPhersonville | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Davidson | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Early Branch | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Blountville | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Fechtig | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Yemassee | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Horsegall | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Cummings | 6.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1244959. 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.









