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Black Creek, Florida

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Penney Farms census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32043. It stands on Grog Branch. The Survey maps it on the Middleburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Black Creek within Clay 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 Black Creek (historical), surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Black Creek (historical), surveyed 1918

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

274 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Black Creek (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,972 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 33 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
Railroad operations and maintenance82
Debris and open burning37
Arson/incendiarism33
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Equipment and vehicle use28
Natural26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2

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
3 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2006Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Service835
25 August 1999Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service10 TUMBLEWEED 2 2008-07-0437
11 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service10 TUMBLEWEED 2008-07-0432
7 July 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMINK ROAD FIRE 2004-07-0235
7 July 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2004-07-0238

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Black Creek (historical): 7 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Russell MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Russell MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Florida Solite Company - Russell MineClayUnknown
Hole No 19 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 22 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 24 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 33 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 36 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 42 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 53 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Clay 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
Asbury Lake1.3 miles21
Rideout1.3 miles21
Rattlesnake Bend2.0 miles21
Middleburg2.3 miles21
Solite (historical)3.0 miles21
Doctors Inlet3.1 miles21
Russell3.7 miles20
Peoria Siding3.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294559. 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.