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Blacks Still, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the White Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32052. The Survey maps it on the Genoa quadrangle.

Blacks Still within Hamilton County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Blacks Still, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Blacks Still, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Blacks Still between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,088 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 3 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
Natural26
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes1

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 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePCS 24-06
29 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePCS MOBILE SHOP(24-06)
18 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCR 137-2 (24-4)
3 August 1999Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 July 1998Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Blacks Still: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum. 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
Swift Creek MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, AluminumProducer1960, 1970
North Florida-South Georgia DistrictPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1930, 1964
Suwannee River MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1960, 1965
Psc Phosphate (White Springs) - Hamilton MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesProducerCollophane
White Springs Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown1966

Every working recorded in Hamilton 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
Purvis Still3.5 miles9
Belmont3.5 miles9
Camps Still4.2 miles9
Genoa4.9 miles9
Hillcoat5.7 miles8
Facil7.0 miles9
Kennedy Still7.0 miles8
Cypress Creek7.4 miles11

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 Q122569537The 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 294687. 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.