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Alackaway Tolofa, Florida

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Micanopy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32667. The Survey maps it on the Micanopy quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Alackaway Tolofa within Alachua County

Then and now

1890 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Alackaway Tolofa (historical), surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Alackaway Tolofa (historical), surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Alackaway Tolofa (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,534 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural16
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
27 September 1993Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2011Natural243 acresFlorida Forest ServicePAYNES PRAIRIE(01)
13 August 2011Natural150 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMICANOPY (1)
9 July 1998Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 1998Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 July 2010Natural10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/AUSTIN CARY FIRE #1
29 July 2000Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alachua County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 15,642 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 15,642 specimens collected within 10 miles of Alackaway Tolofa (historical) between 1847 and 1975: 7,411 Animalia, 6,466 Fungi, 1,034 Protozoa, 545 Plantae, 114 Chromista, 70 Unrecorded, 2 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A B GROBMAN, A S Rhoads 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 Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, 1841Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, 18411847not recordedGainesville
Specimen of Hypericum suffruticosum P.B.Adams & N.RobsonHypericum suffruticosum P.B.Adams & N.Robson1876Abram Paschal GarberGainesville
Specimen of Poria alabamae (Berk. & Cooke) CookePoria alabamae (Berk. & Cooke) Cooke1887CalkinsFlorida
A photograph of the species Geomys pinetis, not of this specimenGeomys pinetis Rafinesque, 18171860James LayneGainesville
A photograph of the species Myotis Kaup, not of this specimenMyotis Kaup, 18291860Harley B. ShermanGainesville
A photograph of the species Utricularia subulata, not of this specimenUtricularia subulata L.1873C. E. FaxonGainesville
A photograph of the species Asclepias humistrata, not of this specimenAsclepias humistrata Walter1876A. P. GarberGainesville
A photograph of the species Corallorhiza wisteriana, not of this specimenCorallorhiza wisteriana Conrad1876A. P. GarberGainesville
A photograph of the species Croton argyranthemus, not of this specimenCroton argyranthemus Michx.1876A. P. GarberGainesville
A photograph of the species Croton glandulosus, not of this specimenCroton glandulosus var. glandulosus1876A. P. GarberGainesville
A photograph of the species Euphorbia cordifolia, not of this specimenEuphorbia cordifolia Elliott1876A. P. GarberGainesville
Tillandsia recurvata (L.) L.1876A. P. GarberGainesville.

All 15,642 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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
Tacoma1.9 miles19
Micanopy2.0 miles19
Kirkwood2.5 miles19
Micanopy Junction2.9 miles12
Evinston4.2 miles17
Rocky Point5.1 miles19
Malore Gardens5.5 miles19
Rochelle5.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294556. 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.