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Clifton, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Casselberry-Altamonte Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32708. It sits by Caldwell Point. The Survey maps it on the Casselberry quadrangle.

Clifton within Seminole County

Then and now

1955 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clifton, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Clifton, surveyed 1955

Compare 1955 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Clifton between 1992 and 2016, burning about 264 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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 maintenance52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1

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
19 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceOUT THERE (03)
1 August 1992Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 July 1992Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 2011Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMORE RAIN (59)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole 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 Clifton: 4 producers, 3 unknowns. 4 still produce. 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.

Every working recorded in Seminole 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
Wagner0.7 miles15
Whites Landing1.7 miles14
Winter Springs2.2 miles15
Midway Park2.4 miles15
Elder Springs2.5 miles15
Sunland Estates3.2 miles14
Bentwood Grove3.3 miles14
Jones Landing3.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305021. 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.