Ahosulga, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32331. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ahosulga within Madison 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 Ahosulga (historical), surveyed 1979

Topographic sheet of Ahosulga (historical), surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

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.

1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Perry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Ahosulga (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 467 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 3 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 burning	39
Equipment and vehicle use	36
Railroad operations and maintenance	20
Recreation and ceremony	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Natural	9
Power generation/transmission/distribution	6
Arson/incendiarism	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Smoking	1
Other causes	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
6 September 2014	Other causes	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	HONEY LAKE (40)
6 September 1997	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
6 September 1995	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
30 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	MILE MARKER 241 (40)
30 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	238 MILE MARKER (40)
14 September 2011	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	OSLO (40)
10 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	40-0178 MACEDONIA FIRE/NOV
1 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Toponanaulka (historical)	2.1 miles	9
Stern	3.2 miles	9
Greenville	3.7 miles	9
New Mikasuki (historical)	3.9 miles	9
Aucilla (historical)	4.6 miles	9
Reams	4.7 miles	9
Ebb	5.8 miles	10
San Juan Ospalaga (historical)	5.8 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294558. 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.