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Carbur, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Perry South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32356. The Survey maps it on the Salem quadrangle.

Carbur within Taylor County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

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 Carbur, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Carbur, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Carbur between 1992 and 2019, burning about 256 acres in total. 22 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
Natural22
Arson/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFISH CREEK RD (62)
24 August 2011Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceODOM RD. (62)
18 August 2004Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceR.ODUM FIRE #287
8 July 2007Natural48 acresFlorida Forest Service62 - THE SUNDAY FIRE-#0390
5 July 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service19 SOUTH 2 (62)
18 July 1994Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 July 1992Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 1992Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taylor 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 Carbur: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Calcium. 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
Cabbage Grove PlantCalciumPlant

Every working recorded in Taylor County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carbur in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 flash flood. 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 2021Flash FloodCarbur-The Florida Highway Patrol reported that Highway 19 was closed due to water over the roadway near Salem from heavy rainfall in a short period of time.

Every storm recorded in Taylor 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
Salem2.3 miles10
Athena6.0 miles10
Pinland8.7 miles9
Clara10.1 miles10
Keaton Beach11.0 miles10
Howell Place11.0 miles10
Tennille11.1 miles10
Dekle Beach11.2 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295176. 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.