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Buckville, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Day census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32066. The Survey maps it on the Day quadrangle.

Buckville within Lafayette County

Then and now

1954 to 1979

The 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 sheet of Buckville, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Buckville, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Buckville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 651 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 9 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
Natural29
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use18
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
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
20 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 53 HAY FIRE (34)
16 September 1997Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 1997Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLOFTON RD (34)
31 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePRISON (34)
3 August 1993Natural2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lafayette 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 Buckville: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Dell Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Denali, Inc.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Steinhatchee Constr. - Number One MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Lafayette County

Storms near this place

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buckville in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2018: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire. 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
March 2007Thunderstorm WindBuckville$3,000A Suwannee Power District spokesperson reported numerous downed trees and power lines.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindBuckville$2,000A tree was blown down onto a power line.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBuckville$2,000A power line was blown down along County Road 351.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBuckville$1,000A couple of trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 53.
January 2014Thunderstorm WindBuckville$500A tree was blown down on County Road 534.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindBuckville-A tree was blown down near Highway 20.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBuckville-A tree was blown down along Highway 27 West.
March 1999WildfireBuckville-A large brush fire consumed more than 2000 acres near Buckville off U.S. Highway 27.

Every storm recorded in Lafayette 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
Townsend2.5 miles9
Day4.5 miles9
Peterson4.8 miles8
Mayo Junction5.5 miles9
Chancey7.9 miles9
Mayo8.1 miles8
San Pedro Junction9.1 miles8
Alton9.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294701. 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.