BlockBefore

Five Points, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It lies in ZIP code area 29691. It stands on White Fork. The Survey maps it on the Westminster quadrangle.

Five Points within Oconee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

193 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 1992 and 2020, burning about 490 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined67
Debris and open burning59
Arson/incendiarism20
Equipment and vehicle use17
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes4
Natural2
Fireworks2

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
4 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1998Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2019Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2007Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconee County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Five Points: 4 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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
Flagstone ProspectStone, DimensionProspect
Oconee QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerMetamorphic
Oconee Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Walhalla QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownMetamorphic
Walhalla QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Marble ProspectMarble, DimensionProspect
Marble ProspectMarble, DimensionProspect
Marble ProspectMarble, DimensionProspect

Every working recorded in Oconee 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
Conneross (historical)3.0 miles17
Chauga Heights3.5 miles17
Holly Springs3.9 miles17
Walhalla4.3 miles20
Westminster4.4 miles17
Horse Shoe (historical)4.6 miles17
Percival Crossroads4.8 miles17
Dutch Fork4.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1229701. 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.