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Adams, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Jasper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32052. The Survey maps it on the Fort Union quadrangle.

Adams within Hamilton County

Then and now

1954 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Adams, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Adams, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

217 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Adams between 1992 and 2020, burning about 710 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 9 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 burning73
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Railroad operations and maintenance37
Equipment and vehicle use22
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4
Other causes2

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
5 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSR 6 WEST (24-4)
27 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service04-24-NOV/ STAY LATE FIRE
26 September 1993Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2004Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service920
17 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service24-4 WHEELER FIRE-1155
10 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service68TH PLACE (24-04)
1 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service79TH DRIVE (04-24)
5 August 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service16TH STREET (61)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Adams: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Sheffield Truck Plaza - Back Lot MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknownCollophane

Every working recorded in Hamilton 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
West Lake4.5 miles8
Crossroads5.0 miles11
Marion5.5 miles8
Jasper6.3 miles8
Rawls6.8 miles8
Hillcoat7.3 miles8
Avoca7.8 miles8
Alapaha (historical)9.3 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294644. 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.