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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.

Barton within Allendale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

Fires near this place

154 since 1992

Regional 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 burning59
Arson/incendiarism34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
26 September 2007Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Allendale County

Storms near this place

18 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2015LightningBarton$15,000Allendale County dispatch reported a house fire started by a lightning strike in the 6700 block of Bluff Road.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindBarton$3,000The Allendale county 911 Dispatch center reported trees and power lines down on Bluff Road, 4 miles west-northwest of Barton, South Carolina.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindBarton$1,000Allendale County communications reported a tree down on Terry Road near Barton Road.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindBarton$1,000Allendale County communications reported a tree down on Terry Road near the Fairfax-Barton Highway.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBarton$1,000Dispatch Center reported a tree down at SC Highway 3 and Cohens Bluff Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBarton$1,000Emergency Manager reported large limbs down on roadway in Barton.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindBarton$500Law Enforcement reported one tree down near Terry Road, 4 miles west of Barton, South Carolina.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBarton$500The Allendale County Warning Point reported a tree down across Great Quary Road near Highway 301, 8 miles south-southwest of Allendale, South Carolina.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBarton$500One tree was reported down on Barton Road in Barton.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBarton$500Tree damage at hunting lodge.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBarton-Allendale County dispatch reported a tree down blocking the road near the intersection of Fitts and Bluff Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBarton-Allendale County dispatch reported a tree down blocking the road near the intersection of Barton Road and Lakey Drive.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindBarton-The South Carolina Department of Transportation reported a tree down along River Road northwest of Estill.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBarton-The Allendale County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Highway 3 heading toward Estill.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBarton-Allendale County dispatch reported a tree down at the intersection of Highway 3 and Cohens Bluff Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBarton-Allendale County dispatch reported a tree down across Bull Pond Road.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindBarton-Few trees down along State Road 3.
March 1996HailBarton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Allendale 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lopers Crossroads1.3 miles15
Sanders (historical)3.0 miles15
Fairfax3.7 miles16
Coalla (historical)4.2 miles15
Moores Crossroads4.4 miles15
Woods Crossroads5.4 miles15
Allendale6.0 miles15
Gravel Hill (historical)6.2 miles15

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.