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.
Then and now
1954 to 1978The 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 sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Bronson NE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Ocala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
263 since 1992Regional 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 maintenance | 82 |
| Debris and open burning | 68 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LEVY/1113 WEST LINE FIRE |
| 8 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 1997 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2011 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | OSTEEN SAND PIT (1) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 560 shownRegional 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Piezobria Forster, 1869 | 1882 | [Not Stated] | Archer |
![]() | Satronia tantilla Heinrich, 1926 | 1882 | [Not Stated] | Archer |
![]() | Xylonomus Gravenhorst, 1829 | 1882 | [Not Stated] | Archer |
![]() | Agrotis malefida Guenée, 1852 | 1882 | Lugger, O. | Archer |
![]() | Aulonothroscus schwarzi Blanchard, 1917 | 1882 | M. Hubbard & Schwarz | Archer |
![]() | Elophila Hübner, 1822 | 1882 | A. Koebele | Archer |
![]() | Hylephila phyleus (Drury, 1773) | 1882 | not recorded | Archer |
![]() | Sigela penumbrata Hulst, 1896 | 1882 | Koebele | Archer |
![]() | Xylophanes tersa Linnaeus, 1771 | 1882 | not recorded | Archer |
![]() | Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1885 | M. Martin | FLORIDA: Alachua County; Archer |
![]() | Butorides virescens (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1885 | M. Martin | FLORIDA: Alachua County; Archer |
| Egretta alba (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1885 | Morgan Martin | Archer |
All 560 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raleigh Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| V.E. Whitehurst & Sons - Raleigh Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| D & M Johnston - Johnston Landfill Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Freebee Landholding, Ltd. - Freebee Levy County Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| O'Steen Bro. | Sand | Producer | ||
| Osteen Brothers - Osteen Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| V. E. Whitehurst & Sons, Inc. - Archer Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Watson Construction, Inc. - Archer Mine | Sand | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archer | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Peach Orchard | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Pinesville | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Wacahoota | 7.6 miles | 19 | |
| Half Moon | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Clinch | 8.3 miles | 19 | |
| Kanapaha | 8.5 miles | 19 | |
| Arredondo Estates | 9.2 miles | 19 |
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.















