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Bradford, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32428. It stands on Reedy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wausau quadrangle.

Bradford within Washington County

Then and now

1950 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bradford, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Bradford, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Bradford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 751 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 10 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
Debris and open burning45
Railroad operations and maintenance27
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGAINER ROAD (67)
19 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBEDIE ROAD (67)
15 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDELTONA BLVD (67)
4 August 1998Debris and open burning30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCOLEMAN HILL #1 (67)
28 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROLAND ROAD (67)
18 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 July 2007Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Bradford: 14 prospects, 6 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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
White Constr. - Trawick MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
C.W. Roberts Contr. Co. - Washington PitSandProducer
Coleman Limestone DepositLimestone, DimensionProspect
Finch Farm Limestone PitLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
M & O Sand & Fill Equip SandhillsSandProducer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barbour A J Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed Clay DepoistClayPast Producer
Unnamed Clay DepositClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

6 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bradford in 6 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBradford$20,000A barn was destroyed on Rolland Rd. Monetary damage was estimated.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindBradford$3,000Multiple trees were blown down, some over power lines, near Pioneer Road, Everett Road, and Gainer Road.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindBradford$2,000A power line was blown down in a field between Jessie Way and Joe Neel Road.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindBradford-A tree was blown down at 1213 Pioneer Road.
September 2023Flash FloodBradford-The intersection of Pioneer Road and Gainer Road was flooded.
August 2021Flash FloodBradford-Water was across Roland Road.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Bells Mill1.3 miles14
Wausau2.5 miles14
Gilberts Mill3.4 miles15
Brock Crossroad4.8 miles13
Poplar Head6.7 miles13
Macom6.8 miles14
Sylvania7.0 miles14
Johnson Crossroad7.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294691. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.