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.
Then and now
1954 to 1978The 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 sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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 Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Lebanon Station quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Lebanon Station quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Ocala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
278 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 176 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LEVY/78TH ST FIRE (SOMTHIN) |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | UNIVERSITY (38) |
| 6 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | LOVE BUG (38) |
| 23 September 2011 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROAD 2 STOCK PILE (38) |
| 23 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROAD 7 (38) |
| 23 September 1995 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Rock Ind. - Gulf Hammock | Dolomite | Producer | Dolomite |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf Hammock | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Tidewater | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Otter Creek | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Ellzey | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Williston Highlands | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Morriston | 11.7 miles | 16 | |
| Montbrook | 12.4 miles | 16 | |
| Crackertown | 13.5 miles | 12 |
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 Q122557100 | The 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.





