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Bayou Crossing, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Holmes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32455. It lies near Saddle Hill. The Survey maps it on the Prosperity quadrangle.

Bayou Crossing within Holmes County

Then and now

1950 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 38 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bayou Crossing, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Bayou Crossing, surveyed 1950

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

154 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Bayou Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 572 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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 burning47
Equipment and vehicle use28
Railroad operations and maintenance23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Smoking8
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony5
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
5 September 2002Debris and open burning18 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burning3.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 179A - 1364 (30)
27 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 1997Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenance1.8 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2014Debris and open burning3.3 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOLD MILL ROAD (30)
7 July 2017Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLARRY THOMAS LANE (30)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holmes County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bayou Crossing: 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Blue Spring Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Springs Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Holmes 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
Bounds Crossing2.4 miles14
Westville2.7 miles13
Ponce de Leon3.5 miles15
Hickory Hill4.2 miles14
Cerrogordo4.7 miles14
Hathaway Mill6.3 miles13
Gritney6.3 miles13
Prosperity6.5 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122595640The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295118. 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.