The Barrows, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Goose Creek-Hanahan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29461. It stands on Stony Branch. The Survey maps it on the Moncks Corner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1919 USGS Summerville quadrangle1:48000
- 1920 USGS Summerville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Summerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Moncks Corner quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
598 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 598 fires within 5 miles of The Barrows between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,608 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 135 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 | 221 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 190 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 135 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of The Barrows: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consolidated Enterprises Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Consolidated Pit Number 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand/Clay Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
19 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names The Barrows in 19 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 8 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 2025 | Lightning | The Barrows | $10,000 | Berkeley County Emergency Management reported that a lightning strike caused a house fire at a home on Hydra Lane. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | The Barrows | $1,000 | Berkeley County 911 center reported a tree down on Branch Road near Route 17A. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | The Barrows | $500 | Law enforcement reported a tree down off of Longridge Road, 3 miles west-southwest of Murraysville, South Carolina. |
| December 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | The Barrows | $500 | Law enforcement reported one tree down along the intersection of Emmett Land and 17 A. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | The Barrows | - | A Berkeley County emergency manager reported trees down on power lines along State Road near Sheep Island Road. |
| June 2025 | Hail | The Barrows | - | The public reported ping pong ball size hail on Oakley Road in Whitesville. |
| June 2023 | Hail | The Barrows | - | A trained spotter reported penny size hail in Cane Bay. |
| June 2023 | Hail | The Barrows | - | Penny size hail was reported by a CoCoRaHS observer near the intersection of Four Season's Boulevard and Tupelo Lake Drive. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | The Barrows | - | A trained spotter reported 35 trees down or severely damaged in Del Webb Subdivision in Cane Bay. |
| June 2016 | Hail | The Barrows | - | A report on social media indicated quarter size hail in the Cane Bay area. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | The Barrows | - | Berkeley County dispatch reported a tree down on South Live Oak Drive at Horseshoe Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | The Barrows | - | Berkeley County dispatch reported a tree down on Longridge Road near the intersection with Wassamassaw Lane. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | The Barrows | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported two trees down. One tree was on Calamus Pond Road near the intersection with Highway 176. The other tree was down on State Road near the Wassamassaw Bridge. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | The Barrows | - | The Berkeley County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Cooper Store Road. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | The Barrows | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree near the intersection of Oakley Road and Kurios Lane. |
| May 2008 | Hail | The Barrows | - | Penny size hail was reported in Whitesville, South Carolina. |
| March 2008 | Hail | The Barrows | - | Penny sized hail was reported by a county official in Whitesville, South Carolina. |
| June 2007 | Hail | The Barrows | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | The Barrows | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Park | 0.3 miles | 18 | |
| Whitesville | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| The Cottage | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Hickory Hill | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Bombaretta (historical) | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Locklair (historical) | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Saint Johns | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Fox Bank (historical) | 1.5 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234643. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.










