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Five Points, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Clover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29710. It lies near Barnett Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Lake Wylie quadrangle.

Five Points within York County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 1992 and 2019, burning about 277 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined57
Debris and open burning42
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresNorth Carolina Forest ServiceLUNCH
22 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceBUCKIE CT
12 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
11 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Five Points: 17 unknowns, 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Copper, Kyanite. 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
Jingles MineGold, Iron, SulfurPast Producer
Mary MineCopper, Gold, Barium-BariteUnknown1850, 1856
Nanny Mountain MineIronUnknown1760, 1820
Barnett MineGold, SulfurPast Producer
Beaver Dam Creek Brook Corundum ProspectCorundumUnknown1900
Rickard MineCorundumPast ProducerMetamorphic
Wilson MineGold, SulfurPast Producer
Casar Sillimanite DepositsKyaniteOccurrence
Polkville Sillimanite DepositKyaniteOccurrence
Wards Creek Sillimanite DepositKyaniteOccurrence

Every working recorded in York 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
Catawba Ridge1.8 miles16
Timber Ridge1.9 miles16
Fairway Bridge1.9 miles16
Oakwood2.1 miles16
River Hills Plantation2.1 miles16
South Point2.1 miles16
Hollyberry Woods2.3 miles16
Heritage Woods2.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1222419. 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.