BlockCovington, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Perry North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32331. The Survey maps it on the Lamont SE quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 25 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
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Lamont SE quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Perry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Covington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 430 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (33) FOLEY FIRE |
| 12 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | 62-ROSE FIRE-#311 |
| 17 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Florida Forest Service | O'NEAL TRAM (33) |
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 Covington: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Magnesite, Uranium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell Wise Pit #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Taylor County Deposit #1 | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Magnesite, Uranium, Iron | Occurrence | 1967 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabbage Grove | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Eridu | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Iddo | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| San Juan de Guacara (historical) | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Waylonzo | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Econfina | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Ilcombe (historical) | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Scanlon | 10.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300831. 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.