Six Points, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Aiken census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29801. The Survey maps it on the Aiken quadrangle.
On record in Six Points
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.
- Chancellor James P. Carroll Houselisted 1977 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1920 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
486 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 486 fires within 5 miles of Six Points between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,941 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 49 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 | 167 |
| Debris and open burning | 133 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 73 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Other causes | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2017 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 46 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Six Points: 28 past producers, 11 unknowns, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unidentified Mine | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Igneous Intrusive | |
| Aiken Mine | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Barden Mine | Kaolin | Unknown | ||
| Rodgers-Younce Mine | Kaolin | Unknown | ||
| Finley Sand and Clay Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Finley Sand and Clay Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gene Williams Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand and Clay Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unidentified Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Aiken County Pit East | Clay | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aiken Heights | 0.5 miles | 19 | |
| Kalmia Hills | 0.6 miles | 19 | |
| Kalmia Landing | 0.8 miles | 19 | |
| Pinecrest | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Balltown | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Westcliff | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Aiken | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Forrest Park | 2.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1226655. 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.









