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Beachville, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Branford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32071. The Survey maps it on the Hildreth quadrangle.

Beachville within Suwannee County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Beachville, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Beachville, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

226 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Beachville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 986 acres in total. 8 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
Debris and open burning73
Railroad operations and maintenance59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use23
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism1
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
29 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service04-61-CR 137 FIRE-1209
23 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use28 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service248 COUNTY ROAD (61)
15 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service226TH STREET (61)
19 August 1996Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Suwannee County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Beachville: 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 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
Mulkey PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ralph Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Anderson Mining - Lanier / Branford QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
H.R. Ellington Constr. - Suwannee MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Hatch Enterprises - Hatch QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Suwannee Co. Rd. Dept. - County Pit.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Suwannee Material Co. - Sanchez MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Tim-Prat - Tim-Prat's MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Suwannee 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
Wachitokha (historical)3.9 miles10
Hildreth4.3 miles11
Branford4.4 miles10
River Run Campground4.5 miles11
O'Brien5.0 miles9
Sandy Point6.1 miles11
McAlpin10.9 miles9
Pine Mount12.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278265. 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.