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Clay Hill, Florida

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Middleburg-Clay Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32068. It stands on Duckwater Branch. The Survey maps it on the Middleburg SW quadrangle.

Clay Hill within Clay County

Then and now

1918 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clay Hill, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Clay Hill, surveyed 1918

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

380 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 380 fires within 5 miles of Clay Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,638 acres in total. 52 started naturally. 29 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
Railroad operations and maintenance97
Debris and open burning86
Natural52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Equipment and vehicle use35
Arson/incendiarism29
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCANVAS BACK FIRE 2006-07-0302
25 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTALLOW (10)
8 August 2011Natural3.8 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWILKERSON ROAD (10)
7 August 1999Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2016Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePALMETTO ROAD (10)
3 August 2010Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service10 PALMETTO 2010-07-0439

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay 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 Clay Hill: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Clay Co Board of Co Comm - Old Dine Field MineClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Clay 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
Highland4.8 miles15
Middleburg5.6 miles21
Hugh6.0 miles13
Rattlesnake Bend6.8 miles21
Rideout7.8 miles21
Black Creek (historical)7.8 miles21
Asbury Lake8.1 miles21
Kingsley8.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2831385. 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.