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Cromanton, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mexico Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32403. The Survey maps it on the Beacon Beach quadrangle.

Cromanton within Bay County

Then and now

1943 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cromanton, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Cromanton, surveyed 1943

Compare 1943 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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 Cromanton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 252 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 12 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
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism12
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking3
Debris and open burning2
Other causes1

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
7 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceREDFISH POINT (03)
5 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service530
24 July 2000Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 June 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03/TYNDAL AFB2-0746
25 June 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 June 2015Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSOUTH TYNDALL (03)
22 June 2015Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceN TYNDALL (03)
22 June 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bay County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cromanton: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fla. Asphalt & PavingSandProducer
Bay Co. PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Calloway PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gulf Asphalt Corp.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bay 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
Beacon Beach1.5 miles18
Long Point1.7 miles16
Parker2.0 miles15
Cove2.2 miles17
San Blas2.3 miles16
Bay Harbor2.4 miles15
Millville2.4 miles17
Springfield2.8 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on CromantonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q25021638The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295227. 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.