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Beetree Ford, Florida

11 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 32668. It stands on Calf Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lebanon Station quadrangle.

Beetree Ford 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 Beetree Ford, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Beetree Ford, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

278 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Beetree Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,285 acres in total. 176 started naturally. 9 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
Natural176
Debris and open burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLEVY/78TH ST FIRE (SOMTHIN)
7 September 2013Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceUNIVERSITY (38)
6 September 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLOVE BUG (38)
23 September 2011Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROAD 2 STOCK PILE (38)
23 September 2011Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROAD 7 (38)
23 September 1995Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Levy County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Beetree Ford: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Dolomite. 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
Florida Rock Ind. - Gulf HammockDolomiteProducerDolomite

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Gulf Hammock4.6 miles10
Tidewater8.2 miles11
Otter Creek9.2 miles10
Ellzey9.5 miles10
Williston Highlands9.5 miles11
Morriston11.7 miles16
Montbrook12.4 miles16
Crackertown13.5 miles12

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 Q122557100The 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 295124. 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.