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Becker, Florida

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Yulee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32097. The Survey maps it on the Gross quadrangle.

Becker within Nassau County

Then and now

1918 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Becker, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Becker, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Becker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 924 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 19 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
Natural35
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism19
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

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
9 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRUBIN DAVIS LANE (45)
6 September 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-07-1087 DOVE RD FIRE
31 August 2011Natural37 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROAD 19 (45)
31 August 1992Natural9.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 1993Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nassau County

Storms near this place

2 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Becker in 2 storm reports between 2004 and 2008: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBecker-Trees and power lines were blown down about 2 miles north of State Road 200 and U.S. Highway 17. The time of the event was based on radar.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindBecker-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nassau 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
Wildlight2.9 miles21
Yulee3.3 miles23
Gross3.6 miles21
Crandall3.6 miles23
Hero3.8 miles20
Yulee Heights5.0 miles22
Chester5.4 miles23
Hedges5.5 miles22

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.

Wikipedia article on BeckerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4878654The 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 278369. 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.

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.