BlockAix, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Troy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29646. It stands on Little Cowhead Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bradley quadrangle. It stands 13 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1892 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Bradley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bradley quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
153 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Aix (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 508 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 71 |
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Aix (historical): 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martins Kiln | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Bradley Mine | Gold | Unknown | 1848 | |
| Bradley Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Bradley Prospect | Gold | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breezewood | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Whitehall | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Laco (historical) | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Phoenix | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Bradley | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Rushville | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Gaines Crossroads | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Verdery | 4.7 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q116234286 | The 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 1234038. 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.