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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.

The Barrows within Berkeley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

598 since 1992

Regional 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 burning221
Missing data/not specified/undetermined190
Arson/incendiarism135
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural3
Other causes2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkeley County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Consolidated Enterprises Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Consolidated Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Unnamed Sand/Clay PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Berkeley County

Storms near this place

19 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025LightningThe Barrows$10,000Berkeley County Emergency Management reported that a lightning strike caused a house fire at a home on Hydra Lane.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindThe Barrows$1,000Berkeley County 911 center reported a tree down on Branch Road near Route 17A.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindThe Barrows$500Law enforcement reported a tree down off of Longridge Road, 3 miles west-southwest of Murraysville, South Carolina.
December 2009Thunderstorm WindThe Barrows$500Law enforcement reported one tree down along the intersection of Emmett Land and 17 A.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindThe Barrows-A Berkeley County emergency manager reported trees down on power lines along State Road near Sheep Island Road.
June 2025HailThe Barrows-The public reported ping pong ball size hail on Oakley Road in Whitesville.
June 2023HailThe Barrows-A trained spotter reported penny size hail in Cane Bay.
June 2023HailThe Barrows-Penny size hail was reported by a CoCoRaHS observer near the intersection of Four Season's Boulevard and Tupelo Lake Drive.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindThe Barrows-A trained spotter reported 35 trees down or severely damaged in Del Webb Subdivision in Cane Bay.
June 2016HailThe Barrows-A report on social media indicated quarter size hail in the Cane Bay area.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindThe Barrows-Berkeley County dispatch reported a tree down on South Live Oak Drive at Horseshoe Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindThe Barrows-Berkeley County dispatch reported a tree down on Longridge Road near the intersection with Wassamassaw Lane.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindThe 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 2014Thunderstorm WindThe Barrows-The Berkeley County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Cooper Store Road.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindThe Barrows-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree near the intersection of Oakley Road and Kurios Lane.
May 2008HailThe Barrows-Penny size hail was reported in Whitesville, South Carolina.
March 2008HailThe Barrows-Penny sized hail was reported by a county official in Whitesville, South Carolina.
June 2007HailThe Barrows-no account filed
June 2007HailThe Barrows-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Berkeley 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
Oak Park0.3 miles18
Whitesville0.5 miles18
The Cottage0.5 miles18
Hickory Hill1.2 miles19
Bombaretta (historical)1.3 miles18
Locklair (historical)1.4 miles18
Saint Johns1.4 miles19
Fox Bank (historical)1.5 miles19

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.