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Citronelle, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Crystal River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34428. The Survey maps it on the Crystal River quadrangle.

Citronelle within Citrus County

Then and now

1954 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Citronelle, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Citronelle, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

482 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 482 fires within 5 miles of Citronelle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,854 acres in total. 97 started naturally. 30 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
Natural97
Railroad operations and maintenance87
Debris and open burning86
Missing data/not specified/undetermined71
Equipment and vehicle use70
Arson/incendiarism30
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking4
Other causes3
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALGIERES (09)
3 September 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMABLE LN (09)
19 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSTOCKHOLM (09)
16 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBROOKSHIRE (09)
10 September 2007Other causes10 acresFlorida Forest Service09/UNICORN PT/1070
9 August 2006Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service09/LADY BUG FIRE/0871

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Citrus County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Citronelle: 4 producers, 4 occurrences, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fullers Earth. 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
Cannon Fullers Earth PitFullers EarthOccurrence
E.M. Kellogg - Kellogg's MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer
Red Level MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tanner MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crystal River Quarries - Red LevelDolomiteProducerDolomite
Red Level Dolomite PitDolomitePast Producer
Turner's Farm Dolomite ProspectDolomiteOccurrence
Unnamed Dolomite ProspectDolomiteOccurrence
Unnamed Dolomite ProspectDolomiteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Citrus County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Citronelle in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2022: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2022HailCitronelle-Public reported 1-inch hail near Citronelle.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCitronelle-Emergency Manager reported trees and power poles down in the area.
July 2019HailCitronelle-A resident of Crystal River reported hail near the intersection of Citrus Ave. and Emerald Oaks Drive.

Every storm recorded in Citrus 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
Red Level3.6 miles16
Citrus Springs5.4 miles23
Crystal River5.4 miles14
Pine Ridge5.8 miles23
Black Diamond6.3 miles23
Paradise Point6.7 miles14
Beverly Hills7.2 miles23
Holder7.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294715. 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.