Cluster Springs, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Paxton-Darlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32433. It stands on Caney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Liberty quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1978The 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 sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1949 USGS Glendale quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Glendale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
156 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Cluster Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 956 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 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 maintenance | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MCLENDON RD (66) |
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 66 / HARRISON DRIVE |
| 16 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | PETTY LIGHTNING STRIKE (66) |
| 12 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cluster Springs: 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot Defuniak Springs - Collinsworth Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cluster Springs in 1 storm report in 2008: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cluster Springs | - | Several trees were down in the vicinity of County Road 185. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Hill | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Liberty | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Ealum | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| New Harmony | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Caney Creek | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Piney Grove | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Glendale | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Gordon | 5.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294717. 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.






