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Buchanan, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Zolfo Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33890. The Survey maps it on the Zolfo Springs quadrangle.

Buchanan within Hardee County

Then and now

1956 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 32 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Buchanan, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Buchanan, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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 Buchanan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,602 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Railroad operations and maintenance24
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2004Natural40 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCROOKED CREEK FIRE
8 June 2008Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service25-FISH BRANCH ROAD FIRE-0279
8 June 2006Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service25-KLINE FIRE-0470
27 June 1994Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 June 2000Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 June 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMURPHY ROAD (25)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Buchanan: 3 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Clay, Sand, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Dot Arcadia - Gardner MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Clay, SandUnknownSand
Zolfo Springs Area Small OwnershipsPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspectSurface
B. H. GriffinPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspectSurface
Zolfo / Rhone-Poulenc ChemicalsPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspectChemical Sediment, Marine

Every working recorded in Hardee County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buchanan in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 tornado. 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
June 2012Tornado (EF0)Buchanan$65,000Sporadic damage to orange groves along path. One barn received moderate damage and tractor damage.

Every storm recorded in Hardee 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
Moffitt3.0 miles13
Gardner4.2 miles13
Sweetwater4.8 miles13
Zolfo Springs5.6 miles13
Bridges6.1 miles13
Oak Grove6.4 miles13
Limestone6.5 miles14
Kinsey7.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294699. 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.