Butler, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sneads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32460. The Survey maps it on the Fairchild quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Butler within Jackson County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Butler (historical), surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet of Butler (historical), surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Fairchild quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
1982 USGS Fairchild quadrangle1:24000
1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1994 USGS Fairchild quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

149 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Butler (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 608 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 26 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	80
Arson/incendiarism	26
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Railroad operations and maintenance	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Smoking	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Other causes	1
Natural	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
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
17 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
17 September 1997	Debris and open burning	6.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 2019	Debris and open burning	5.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020SEMINOLE005
1 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	30 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
7 July 1998	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 July 2010	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	32/SALEM CHURCH RD-0474
24 July 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Butler (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unnamed Sand Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Tocktoethla (historical)	4.9 miles	13
Haynes	4.9 miles	13
Parramore	5.7 miles	13
Dellwood	5.9 miles	13
Sneads	6.3 miles	13
Tamathli (historical)	6.9 miles	13
Inwood	6.9 miles	13
Grand Ridge	7.2 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300055. 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.