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Choconickla, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Blountstown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32424. It stands on Stafford Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blountstown quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Choconickla within Calhoun County

Then and now

1945 to 1990

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Choconickla (historical), surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Choconickla (historical), surveyed 1945

Compare 1945 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Choconickla (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 510 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 8 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 burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2

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
29 September 2019Debris and open burning20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTURKEY CREEK (39)-0594
27 September 2019Debris and open burning23 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBLUEBERRY (39)-0587
17 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service07/OVERHOLT-0534
20 August 1993Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 July 2007Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Service07/POWERLINE-0810
2 July 1996Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 July 1998Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 June 1993Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Choconickla (historical): 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin. 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
Holmes Bros Pit & Brick PlantClayUnknown
Overholt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Clay DepositKaolinPast Producer
Blountstown Sand Co. - Dees MineSandProducer
Dot Panama City - 13-Acre MineSandUnknownSand
Roberts Sand Company, Inc. - Cumbaa MineSandUnknown
Roberts Sand Company, Inc. - Dees MineSandUnknown

Every working 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
Pine Island2.0 miles15
Blountstown2.7 miles15
Eufala (historical)2.7 miles13
McNeal (historical)3.0 miles15
Durham (historical)4.1 miles15
Selman4.9 miles13
Leonards (historical)5.3 miles15
Ocheeseulga (historical)5.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294544. 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.