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Barber Quarters, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Okeechobee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34972. The Survey maps it on the Taylor Creek SE quadrangle.

Barber Quarters within Okeechobee County

Then and now

1953 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 35 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Barber Quarters, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Barber Quarters, surveyed 1953

On record in Barber Quarters

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

383 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 383 fires within 5 miles of Barber Quarters between 1992 and 2020, burning about 812 acres in total. 64 started naturally. 27 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
Railroad operations and maintenance80
Natural64
Debris and open burning59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Misuse of fire by a minor41
Arson/incendiarism27
Equipment and vehicle use25
Power generation/transmission/distribution19
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4
Fireworks3
Other causes1

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
7 September 1992Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2015Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSMOKE HOUSE (47)
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2009Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(OK) ORLANDO FIRE (710)
24 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-16-1280

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okeechobee 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
Okeechobee0.8 miles15
Cypress Quarters1.3 miles14
Whispering Pines1.7 miles14
Basswood Estates2.0 miles14
Taylor Creek3.6 miles15
Sherman5.3 miles15
Mildred5.4 miles13
Dixie Ranch Acres6.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278097. 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.