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Chason, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the West Calhoun census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32421. It stands on Holliman Branch. The Survey maps it on the Altha West quadrangle.

Chason within Calhoun County

Then and now

1952 to 1994

The 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 sheet of Chason, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Chason, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 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.

Fires near this place

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Chason between 1992 and 2020, burning about 858 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 10 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 burning33
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
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
3 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 73 B (07)
15 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service32/HASTY POND RD-0529
14 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use150 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceNW WATSON (07)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun 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 Chason: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

7 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chason in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 funnel cloud, 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
July 2018Thunderstorm WindChason$2,000Power lines were blown down on Highway 73 near Gray Road.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindChason$1,000A power line was blown down on NW Osceola Lane.
January 2019Thunderstorm WindChason$1,000A cable on a caution light snapped and fell over the intersection.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindChason-A downed oak tree was reported across the road.
September 2024Flash FloodChason-Cook Road was reported underwater.
October 2014Funnel CloudChason-A funnel cloud was spotted near the intersections of Gray Road and CR287 as well as Cain Road and CR287 between 5:02 pm CDT and 5:06 pm CDT.
May 2010FloodChason-A resident off of Gray Road reported around 1 foot of water surrounding a mobile home along with creeks in the area out of their banks.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Willis1.3 miles13
Altha4.2 miles13
Chipola4.4 miles13
Cox5.4 miles13
Leonards (historical)6.0 miles15
Clarksville6.8 miles14
Henderson Mill6.9 miles13
Rollins Corner6.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294710. 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.