Barton, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fairfax census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29827. It stands on Duck Branch. The Survey maps it on the Barton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1920 USGS Peeples quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Peeples quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1978 USGS Barton quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
154 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Barton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 676 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 34 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 | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barton in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 16 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Lightning | Barton | $15,000 | Allendale County dispatch reported a house fire started by a lightning strike in the 6700 block of Bluff Road. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | $3,000 | The Allendale county 911 Dispatch center reported trees and power lines down on Bluff Road, 4 miles west-northwest of Barton, South Carolina. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | $1,000 | Allendale County communications reported a tree down on Terry Road near Barton Road. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | $1,000 | Allendale County communications reported a tree down on Terry Road near the Fairfax-Barton Highway. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | $1,000 | Dispatch Center reported a tree down at SC Highway 3 and Cohens Bluff Road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | $1,000 | Emergency Manager reported large limbs down on roadway in Barton. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | $500 | Law Enforcement reported one tree down near Terry Road, 4 miles west of Barton, South Carolina. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | $500 | The Allendale County Warning Point reported a tree down across Great Quary Road near Highway 301, 8 miles south-southwest of Allendale, South Carolina. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | $500 | One tree was reported down on Barton Road in Barton. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | $500 | Tree damage at hunting lodge. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | - | Allendale County dispatch reported a tree down blocking the road near the intersection of Fitts and Bluff Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | - | Allendale County dispatch reported a tree down blocking the road near the intersection of Barton Road and Lakey Drive. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | - | The South Carolina Department of Transportation reported a tree down along River Road northwest of Estill. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | - | The Allendale County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Highway 3 heading toward Estill. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | - | Allendale County dispatch reported a tree down at the intersection of Highway 3 and Cohens Bluff Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | - | Allendale County dispatch reported a tree down across Bull Pond Road. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | - | Few trees down along State Road 3. |
| March 1996 | Hail | Barton | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lopers Crossroads | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Sanders (historical) | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Fairfax | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Coalla (historical) | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Moores Crossroads | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Woods Crossroads | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Allendale | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Gravel Hill (historical) | 6.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1220339. 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.








