Bucell Junction, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Perry North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32348. The Survey maps it on the Perry quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 25 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
5 surveys from 9 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 Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Perry quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Perry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
413 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 413 fires within 5 miles of Bucell Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,214 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 34 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 burning | 112 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 72 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Natural | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 33 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PARKER FIRE #2 (OF2) |
| 9 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PARKER FIRE #1 (OF 2) |
| 24 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HWY 98 FIRE (62) |
| 23 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HOMER J. SMITH(62) |
| 23 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | JACKSON ROAD (62) |
| 22 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | KINSEY ROAD (62) |
| 2 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bucell Junction in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 6 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucell Junction | $2,000 | Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage along Foley Cut-Off Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucell Junction | $2,000 | A power line was blown down along Beach Road. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucell Junction | $2,000 | Power lines were blown down on Mixon Road. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucell Junction | $2,000 | Trees were blown down on Mixon Road near Perry. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucell Junction | $1,000 | A power line was blown down on Shady Oaks. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucell Junction | $1,000 | A couple of trees were blown down along Shipman Lane southeast of Perry. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foley | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Fenholloway | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Perry | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Pinland | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hampton Springs | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Athena | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Secotan | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Boyd | 8.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295159. 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.
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.




