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Sixty Six, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Branchville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29432. The Survey maps it on the Branchville North quadrangle. It stands 141 feet above sea level.

Sixty Six within Orangeburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

214 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Sixty Six between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,463 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 19 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 burning96
Missing data/not specified/undetermined65
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use17
Smoking10
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning3.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orangeburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sixty Six: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Branchville #1 MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Branchville No.1 MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Deerfield Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orangeburg 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
Branchville3.8 miles17
Rowesville4.5 miles17
Lambrick4.9 miles18
Sandy Run6.0 miles18
Fifty Eight (historical)6.2 miles18
Canaan6.3 miles18
Bowman8.2 miles18
Highland Park8.8 miles18

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 Sixty SixAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7533283The 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 1250918. 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.