Beech Creek, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Cedar Key-Yankeetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32626. It stands on Sandfly Creek. The Survey maps it on the East Pass quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Beech Creek within Levy County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Beech Creek (historical), surveyed 1978

Topographic sheet of Beech Creek (historical), surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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.

1954 USGS East Pass quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Cedar Keys quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Beech Creek (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 518 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 8 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
Natural	20
Arson/incendiarism	8
Debris and open burning	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Recreation and ceremony	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
26 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge	ARSON2
25 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge	ARSON1
15 August 2006	Natural	under an acre	Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge	DE NORTH
11 August 1992	Natural	48 acres	Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge	GATE 8
9 July 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge	LAZY
29 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge	SUWANNEE FIRE
28 July 1993	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
21 July 2008	Natural	95 acres	Florida Forest Service	15 - FIFTH FIRE-0270

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Levy County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Beech Creek (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unnamed Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Levy 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Vista	3.0 miles	12
Fowlers Bluff	4.6 miles	12
Rosewood	9.0 miles	11
Sumner	9.2 miles	11
Wakasassa (historical)	9.4 miles	12
Lukens	11.1 miles	8
Usher	13.4 miles	11
Cedar Key	13.5 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294561. 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.