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Ashmore, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Wakulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32358. The Survey maps it on the Sopchoppy quadrangle.

Ashmore within Wakulla County

Then and now

1940 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ashmore, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Ashmore, surveyed 1940

Compare 1940 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Ashmore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,843 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 16 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
Natural31
Debris and open burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism16
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 1999Natural30 acresNational Forests in FloridaGRIMES BAY
7 September 1999Natural8.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaG F & A
7 September 1999Natural5.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaMILLGROVE
4 August 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaLONG BRANCH
23 August 2005Natural10 acresNational Forests in FloridaKELLY
17 August 2020Natural685 acresNational Forests in FloridaBAYTREE
12 August 2006Fireworksunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaLOBSTER
8 July 2007Debris and open burning53 acresSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeSMITH ROAD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wakulla 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 Ashmore: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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
Millender Trucking & Land Clearing - Millender MineSandUnknownSand

Every working recorded in Wakulla 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
Buckhorn1.6 miles14
Oak Park1.8 miles14
Sopchoppy2.0 miles14
Medart4.4 miles14
Tully4.9 miles14
Panacea Park5.4 miles14
Panacea5.5 miles14
Mount Pleasant5.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305222. 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.