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Buckhorn, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Wakulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32358. The Survey maps it on the Sopchoppy quadrangle.

Buckhorn within Wakulla County

Then and now

1940 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Buckhorn, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Buckhorn, surveyed 1940

Compare 1940 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

170 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Buckhorn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,462 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 18 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 burning54
Natural31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism18
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony6
Other causes4
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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 September 1999Natural8.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaG F & A
28 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeRD 321
20 August 1993Natural7.0 acresSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeJOE
2 August 1999Debris and open burning2.6 acresSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeBOTTOMS
12 August 2006Fireworksunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaLOBSTER
8 July 2007Debris and open burning53 acresSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeSMITH ROAD FIRE
8 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaMINNOW
8 July 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(65) SEMINOLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wakulla County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Buckhorn: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Millender Trucking & Land Clearing - Millender MineSandUnknownSand
Panacea PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wakulla PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wakulla County

Storms near this place

3 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buckhorn in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 3 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
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBuckhorn$2,000Fallen trees and limbs resulted in a power outage near Lawhon Mill Road and Sopchoppy Highway.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBuckhorn$2,000Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage near the intersection of Highway 319 and Lawhon Mill Road.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindBuckhorn-A tree was blown down onto P A Sanders Road.

Every storm recorded in Wakulla 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
Ashmore1.6 miles14
Sopchoppy2.0 miles14
Oak Park3.4 miles14
Medart3.6 miles14
Panacea Park3.8 miles14
Panacea4.0 miles14
Tully4.5 miles14
Skipper5.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305400. 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.