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Sixmile, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Piper-Coleanor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35042. The Survey maps it on the West Blocton East quadrangle. It stands 354 feet above sea level.

Sixmile within Bibb County

On record in Sixmile

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

136 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Sixmile between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,208 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 39 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 burning52
Arson/incendiarism39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
8 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-15
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony31 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2008Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY ROAD 2-BRIERFIELD, AL
24 September 2004Arson/incendiarism16 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Sixmile: 13 past producers, 6 prospects, 4 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Iron, Calcium, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
No NameIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Sinks ProspectBarium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
The Sinks MineBarium-Barite, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, ZincProspect1875, 1914
Weaver MineBarium-Barite, Calcium, Fluorine-FluoriteProspectBarite, Calcite, Fluorite
Herron-Pratt OccurenceBarium-Barite, CalciumProspectBarite, Calcite
Julian Fanciar MineBarium-Barite, CalciumProspectBarite, Calcite
Bibb Furance Brierfield Pit/Brierfield Furance PitsIronPast ProducerResidual
Brierfield Furnace PitsIronPast ProducerGoethite
Brierfield PitIronPast ProducerGoethite
Bright HopeIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Bibb 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
Pilgrim Rest (historical)3.0 miles19
Thomas Mill3.4 miles16
Antioch4.4 miles16
Ashby4.7 miles18
River Bend (historical)4.7 miles19
Hawkinsville (historical)4.9 miles19
Erharkers4.9 miles18
Gary Springs5.2 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on SixmileAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14679473The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 153456. 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.