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Clear Springs, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Laurel Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32567. It stands on Jack Branch. The Survey maps it on the Crestview North quadrangle.

Clear Springs within Okaloosa County

Then and now

1949 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clear Springs, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Clear Springs, surveyed 1949

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

151 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Clear Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,389 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 11 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 burning42
Railroad operations and maintenance35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBILL LUNDY FIRE-1146
26 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1996Arson/incendiarism24 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2011Debris and open burning15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFOX PEN (46)
13 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSMALL FIRE. - 1083
13 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2011Natural78 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHART ROAD (46)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okaloosa 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 Clear Springs: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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
Dot Defuniak Springs - Bill Lundy MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Okaloosa 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
Peaden2.5 miles13
Campton2.7 miles14
Garden City3.5 miles14
Oak Grove3.5 miles13
Auburn4.1 miles14
Silver Springs4.7 miles14
Blackman5.0 miles14
Okaloo5.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295202. 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.