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Coosada Old Town, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Caryville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32462. It lies near Mount Hammock. The Survey maps it on the Ponce de Leon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Coosada Old Town within Washington County

Then and now

1948 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 46 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Coosada Old Town (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Coosada Old Town (historical), surveyed 1948

Compare 1948 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Coosada Old Town (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 515 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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 burning27
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Equipment and vehicle use21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Smoking8
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
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
30 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 81 (66)
16 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceICE TEA RD (67)
28 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Coosada Old Town (historical): 5 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Choctawhatchee Rock - Burns Lake MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Ditch Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Morrison Springs Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Hinsons Crossroads3.9 miles13
Live Oak4.2 miles13
Millers Ferry5.1 miles13
New Hope6.2 miles13
Bunker Donation7.2 miles13
Norum7.9 miles13
Whitehead Crossroads8.5 miles13
Holmes Valley9.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294501. 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.