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Alliance, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cypress census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32448. The Survey maps it on the Altha East quadrangle.

Alliance within Jackson County

Then and now

1952 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Alliance, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Alliance, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Alliance between 1992 and 2020, burning about 582 acres in total. 14 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 burning36
Natural14
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
22 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBUSH LOOP (32)
17 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service32/HASTY POND RD-0582
29 August 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceJP PEACOCK RD (7)
28 August 1997Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service32/HWY 73 AND PEACOCK BRI-0906

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Alliance: 3 producers, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Rocky Creek MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Unnamed Ls ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Dixie Lime Products - Sink CreekLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Green Valley Lime Company, Inc. - Sink Creek MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
North Florida Rock, L.P. - Marianna MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Sink Creek MineLimestone, GeneralProducer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

3 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alliance in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2020Tornado (EF0)Alliance-This is a continuation of the weak tornado from Calhoun county. A tornado tracked just inside of Jackson county before lifting according to reports from the public. Only damage to trees was reported, and this tornado was rated EF0.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindAlliance-Trees were down on Birchwood Road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindAlliance-A tree was blown down onto Bradley Road.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Sink Creek2.2 miles13
Rock Creek3.8 miles13
Simsville5.8 miles13
Hyhappo (historical)6.5 miles12
Shady Grove6.9 miles13
Cypress7.4 miles13
Star7.5 miles13
Oakdale7.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295091. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.