BlockBuena Vista, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Greenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32460. The Survey maps it on the Bascom quadrangle.
Then and now
1952 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 42 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
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1952 USGS Bascom quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Bascom quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Bascom quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
103 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Buena Vista between 1992 and 2020, burning about 581 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 | 45 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SWEETPOND RD (32) |
| 22 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | KIRKLAND RD (32) |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HARTSFIELD ROAD (32) |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | KIRKLAND ROAD (32) |
| 17 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Buena Vista: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Co. Bd of Co. Comm. - Concord Mine | Clay | Unknown | Sand | |
| S&W Fish Farm - Two Egg Mine | Sand | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovedale | 0.4 miles | 13 | |
| Parramore | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Two Egg | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Tocktoethla (historical) | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Dellwood | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Haynes | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hornsville | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Bascom | 5.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294702. 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.