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Cox, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Altha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32421. It stands on Hansford Branch. The Survey maps it on the Altha West quadrangle.

Cox within Calhoun County

Then and now

1952 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cox, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Cox, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Cox between 1992 and 2020, burning about 531 acres in total. 12 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
Debris and open burning31
Natural12
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBUSH LOOP (32)
2 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 73 B (07)
17 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service32/HASTY POND RD-0529
13 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceNW WATSON (07)
30 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service32/HASTY POND RD-0582

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Cox: 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Rocky Creek MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Ls ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Dixie Lime Products - Sink CreekLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Green Valley Lime Company, Inc. - Sink Creek MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
North Florida Rock, L.P. - Marianna MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Sink Creek MineLimestone, GeneralProducer

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Altha2.2 miles13
Willis4.2 miles13
Henderson Mill4.4 miles13
Chason5.4 miles13
Ocheesee6.7 miles13
Chipola6.7 miles13
Selman7.4 miles13
Leonards (historical)8.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294728. 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.