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Adam, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Newberry-Archer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32618. The Survey maps it on the Bronson NE quadrangle.

Adam within Alachua County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Adam, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Adam, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

263 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 263 fires within 5 miles of Adam between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,478 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 12 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
Railroad operations and maintenance82
Debris and open burning68
Equipment and vehicle use26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Natural23
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Arson/incendiarism12
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLEVY/1113 WEST LINE FIRE
8 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 August 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 1997Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 1994Misuse of fire by a minor15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2011Natural10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOSTEEN SAND PIT (1)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alachua County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 560 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 560 specimens collected within 10 miles of Adam between 1882 and 1975: 396 Animalia, 84 Fungi, 72 Plantae, 8 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Koebele, A. L. Quaintance, A. S. Hitchcock and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Piezobria Forster, 1869Piezobria Forster, 18691882[Not Stated]Archer
Specimen of Satronia tantilla Heinrich, 1926Satronia tantilla Heinrich, 19261882[Not Stated]Archer
Specimen of Xylonomus Gravenhorst, 1829Xylonomus Gravenhorst, 18291882[Not Stated]Archer
A photograph of the species Agrotis malefida, not of this specimenAgrotis malefida Guenée, 18521882Lugger, O.Archer
A photograph of the species Aulonothroscus schwarzi, not of this specimenAulonothroscus schwarzi Blanchard, 19171882M. Hubbard & SchwarzArcher
A photograph of the species Elophila Hübner, not of this specimenElophila Hübner, 18221882A. KoebeleArcher
A photograph of the species Hylephila phyleus, not of this specimenHylephila phyleus (Drury, 1773)1882not recordedArcher
A photograph of the species Sigela penumbrata, not of this specimenSigela penumbrata Hulst, 18961882KoebeleArcher
A photograph of the species Xylophanes tersa, not of this specimenXylophanes tersa Linnaeus, 17711882not recordedArcher
A photograph of the species Agelaius phoeniceus, not of this specimenAgelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)1885M. MartinFLORIDA: Alachua County; Archer
A photograph of the species Butorides virescens, not of this specimenButorides virescens (Linnaeus, 1758)1885M. MartinFLORIDA: Alachua County; Archer
Egretta alba (Linnaeus, 1758)1885Morgan MartinArcher

All 560 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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 Adam: 4 producers, 4 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Every working recorded in Alachua 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
Archer2.7 miles10
Peach Orchard4.1 miles19
Pinesville6.7 miles10
Wacahoota7.6 miles19
Half Moon8.2 miles10
Clinch8.3 miles19
Kanapaha8.5 miles19
Arredondo Estates9.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300331. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.