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Branchville, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Havana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32352. It stands on Swamp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Havana North quadrangle.

Branchville within Gadsden County

Then and now

1954 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 34 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Branchville, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Branchville, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

130 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Branchville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 793 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 burning53
Railroad operations and maintenance34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
27 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGLADE RD (20)-0590
21 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSWAMP *NOV (20)-0461
16 July 2002Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gadsden County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Branchville: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fullers Earth, 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
Gadsden Co. Bd. of Co. Comm. - Post Plant Road Pit MineSandUnknown
Quincy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gunn Farm MineFullers EarthProducer
Havana Clay MineFullers EarthPast Producer
Havana MillFullers EarthPlant
Milwhite, Inc. - Gadsden County/Us27Fullers EarthUnknownClay
Unnamed Clay PitFullers EarthPast Producer
Englehard Corp. - Swisher MineClayProducerAttapulgite, Montmorillonite
Gadsden Co. Bd. of Co. Comm. - St. Hebron MineClayUnknown
Gasden MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Gadsden County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Branchville in 2 storm reports in 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
February 2017Thunderstorm WindBranchville$3,000Power lines were blown down along Point Milligan Road.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBranchville-A tree was blown down on Milligan Road.

Every storm recorded in Gadsden 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
Jamieson1.8 miles12
Dogtown2.0 miles12
Freemont3.2 miles12
Hinson3.5 miles12
Florence4.2 miles12
Havana4.2 miles12
Shady Rest4.5 miles12
Littman4.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294694. 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.