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Bucker Womans Town, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Bushnell-Center Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33597. The Survey maps it on the Saint Catherine quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bucker Womans Town within Sumter County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bucker Womans Town (historical), surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Bucker Womans Town (historical), surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Bucker Womans Town (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,829 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 22 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
Equipment and vehicle use34
Debris and open burning25
Arson/incendiarism22
Natural17
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1
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
22 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 August 1999Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceROCK PILE (27)
23 July 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service60/SW 53RD-0806
21 July 2007Natural35 acresFlorida Forest Service27/TALL GRASS/0899
20 July 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service60/TERRY TOWN FIRE/0799
18 July 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 July 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bucker Womans Town (historical): 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Ridge Manor MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Saint Catherine QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Angelo's Crushed Concrete, Inc. - Sumter MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
E R Jahna Industries, Inc. - Mills MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
E.R. Jahna - Mills MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Florida Crushed Stone - St. Catherine QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Sumter 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
Saint Catherine3.0 miles14
Tarrytown4.2 miles13
Webster5.1 miles13
Linden5.3 miles13
Oak Grove5.3 miles13
Lincoln Park6.1 miles15
Carver6.4 miles15
Bushnell6.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294507. 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.